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| usury | money lending |
| joint-stock company | investors pool their resources for a major commercial undertaking |
| chartered company | was a joint-stock company that was also granted by the king |
| investors | can contribute variable amounts of money to fund a venture |
| share | what an investor gets when he puts up money for a venture |
| Stock Exchange | what the brokers who arrange the deals in London, England called themselves |
| broker | name for individual who makes the deal between buyer and seller |
| East India Company | was one of the first joint-stock companies set up in England |
| speculation | is an intrinsic part of capitalism since capitalist must risk money in the hope of making more. |
| stockbroking | involves people who have not direct connection with the commodity or enterprise |
