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| Capital | the property, equipment, and money used to produce goods |
| Capitalist | the person who invests capital in a business to earn a profit |
| Capitalism | an economic system in which the means of production and distribution of goods are privately owned and operated for private profit |
| Stock | paper certificates representing an ownership interest in a company |
| Stockholder | a person, either natural or unnatural, that owns the stock of a company |
| Holding Company | a company whose sole business is to takeover other companies by purchasing them |
| Subsidiary | a company most or all of whose stock is owned by a Holding Company |
| A Wholly Owned Subsidiary | a company all of whose stock is owned by a Holding Company |
| Friendly Merger | the combination of two of more companies into a single company with the consent of both companies |
| Hostile Takeover | the combination of two or more companies into a single company when one or more of the companies being purchased does not wish to be taken over |
| Horizontal Integration | merger of businesses engaged in similar business activities or processes |
| Vertical Integration | merger of businesses engaged in different but related businesses |
| Trust | a monopoly |
