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259703191Capitalisman economic system based on private ownership of capital0
259703192Sole proprietorshipa business owned and managed by a single individual1
259703193Corporationa business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts2
259703194Cartelscombinations of corporations that control an entire industry3
259703195Monopolya market in which there are many buyers but only one seller4
259703196Socialisman economic system based on state ownership of capital5
259703197Collective bargainingnegotiation between an employer and trade union6
259703198Proletariata social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages7
259703199Communisma political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society; a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership8
259703200Aerodynamicsthe branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow9
259703201Geneticsthe branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms10
259703202Laissez-fairethe doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs11
259703203Pasteurizationpartial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food12
259703204Quantum(physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)13
259703205Protectoratea state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs14
259703206Assimilationthe social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another15
259703207Ultimatuma final peremptory demand16
259703208Belligerentsnations, states, or their citizens at war17
259703209War of attritionA war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses18
259703210Contrabandgoods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law19

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