TOPIC 5

5. a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
7. an agent who negotiates an exchange between a buyer and a seller
13. demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased of margin
14. a dam that is curved upstream in order to transmit the major part of the water load to the abutments, or the part of the structure that directly receives pressure
16. an index, or tool, that measures the performance of the stocks of 30 large companies
17. a person who risks money in hopes of a financial profit
19. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
20. to cover financial lost

1. closing of banks during the great depression to avoid bank runs
2. aid in the form of money for supplies for those in need
3. monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit
4. act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise
6. a long period of rising stock prices
8. minor officers of the courts
9. projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
10. buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
11. a mosaic flooring that has pieces of marble or granit set in mortar and is then highly polished.
12. persistent and heavy demands by a banks depositors, creditors, or customers, to withdraw money
15. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments
18. abbreviated for the term poliomyelitis, and acute infectious disease affecting the skeletal muscles, often resulting in permanent disability and deformity