| A | B |
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| antitrust laws | allows the government to break up monopolies, regulate them or take them over |
| breach of contract | when one party fails to live up to the terms of a contract |
| contract | legal agreement between two or more parties to conduct business |
| copyright | gives artists the sole right to own their creations such as plays, music, photos, etc. |
| interstate commerce | business that takes place across all states |
| intrastate commerce | business that takes place within a state |
| oligopoly | when a small number of companies control the market without actually forming a trust |
| monopoly | a company that controls an entire industry |
| trust | when rival companies agree not to compete with each other |
| patent | gives you the sole right to own an invention |
| trademark | a brand name, trade name, trade characteristic, or a combinantion of these that is given legal protection by the federal government |
| revenue | the money the government takes in |
| subsidies | payments the government gives to businesses to make up for their losses |
| tax incentives | reductions in taxes |
