· buyout: the purchase of a controlling share in a company
· bid: an offer to buy shares of a company in order to take control of it
· dissolve: put an end (to an organization or agreement)
· distribution: the process of transporting, storing and selling products to different stores and customers
· diversification: spreading the activities of a firm between different types of products and markets
· employer: a person or organization that employs (hires) people
· employee: a person who is paid to work for someone else
· enterprise: a company or business, often a small one
· entrepreneur: a person who organizes a business, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit
· equipment: the machinery, tools, etc. that you need to do a job
· general public: ordinary people in society
· joint-stock company: a company owned and controlled by shareholders
· joint venture: a business or project in which two or more companies invest, with the intention of working together.
· labour: physical work; workers in a company, especially people who do work with their hands
· leveraged buyout (LBO): taking control of a company by buying its shares using borrowed money
· merger: a combination of two companies into one
· parent company: a company that owns or controls a smaller company of the same type
· partnership: a company which is owned by two or more people
· raid: taking control of a company by buying a lot of its shares
· retail outlet: a shop that sells products of a particular company or products of a specific type
· shares (AE stocks): many equal parts into which a company’s ownership is divided
· shareholder (AE stockholder): an owner of shares in a company
· sole proprietorship: a business that is owned and operated by only one person
· subsidiary: a company which is part of a larger company
· takeover: taking control of a company by buying more of its shares than anyone else
· taxation: the system of collecting taxes