common stock
inventory
interest
partnership
preferred stock
limited life
Bond
general partnership
stockholders or shareholder
principal
charter
dividend
Sole Proprietorship
corporation
limited partnership
unlimited liability
stock
double taxation
form of partnership where one or more partners are not active in the daily running of the business and have limited responsibility for debts
formal contract to repay borrowed money with interest
situation in which a firm cease to exist when an owner dies, quits, or sells the business.
taxation of dividends both as corporate profit and as personal income
unincorporated business owned and operated by two or more share the profits and responsibility for debts.
payment made for the use of borrowed money
from of corporate ownership without vote, in which stockholders get their investments back before common stockholders
stock of finished goods and parts held in reserve
business owned and run by a single person who has the rights to all profits and unlimited liability for all debts of the firm
most frequently used form of corporate ownership, with one vote per share for stockholder
check that transfer a portion of the company profits to stockholders, usually quarterly
form of business organization recognized by law as a separate legal entity
people who own a share of stock in a corporation
certificate of ownership in a corporation
requirement that an owner is personally and fully responsible for all losses and debts of business
form of partnership where all partners are equally responsible for management and debts
written government approval to establish a corporation
amount borrowed when getting a loan or issuing a bond