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| a shop in which the union represents all workers in the bargaining unit and collects dues and fees from nonunion as well as union members. |
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an institution for receiving, lending, exchanging, and safeguarding money and, in some cases, issuing notes and transacting other financial business. [image] |
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Having been legally declared financially insolvent. [image] |
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The recipient of funds, property, or other benefits, as from an insurance policy or will. |
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A list of persons or organizations that have incurred disapproval or suspicion or are to be boycotted or otherwise penalized.
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A list of persons or organizations that have incurred disapproval or suspicion or are to be boycotted or otherwise penalized.
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A Blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who performs manual labor
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| To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion [image] |
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| A town or city that is the official seat of government in a political entity, such as a state or nation. |
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Of, relating to, or being an arrangement in which transportation is leased by a group of travelers for their exclusive, temporary use.
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a slip or ticket showing the amount owed, esp. a bill for food or beverages consumed |
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| a large or important town |
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| a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds. |
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| the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes. |
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| movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens |
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| a direct primary in which only persons meeting tests of party membership may vote. |
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| security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed. |
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| | the act of committing or giving in charge. |
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| theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. |
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| the act of competing; rivalry for supremacy, a prize |
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| the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: |
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| the using up of goods and services having an exchangeable value |
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| an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. |
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| something that is used as a medium of exchange; money |
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| to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: |
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| To purchase or sell (a bill, note, or other commercial paper) at a reduction equal to the amount of interest that will accumulate before it matures |
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| treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: |
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| an officer who acts as attorney for the people or government within a specified district |
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| a government policy of promoting the business interests of its citizens in other countries. |
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| a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the President and Vice President of the U.S. |
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| A member of the Electoral College of the United States |
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| an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. |
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equal opportunity employer |
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| an employer who agrees not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age |
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| To send or transport (a commodity, for example) abroad, especially for trade or sale |
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| economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense. |
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| al, petroleum, and natural gas. |
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A free market is a market in which prices of goods and services are arranged
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| Something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort. |
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| movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
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| the person or thing chosen or selected; |
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| a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. |
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| a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school |
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| of, pertaining to, or involving the common people, esp. as contrasted with or separable from an elite |
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To bring or carry in from an outside source, especially to bring in (goods or materials) from a foreign country for trade or sale. |
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| Economics. a person or organization that uses a commodity or service |
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| substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency |
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| the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization |
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| the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved. |
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| mutually dependent; depending on each other. |
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An interest group (also advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group or special interest group) is an organized collection of people who seek to influence political decisions.
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1 Types of group
1.1 Sectional
1.2 Promotional
1.3 'Fire brigade'
2 Benefits and incentives
3 Interest groups around the world
4 Notes
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| the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities. |
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| an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union |
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a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training |
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| data that reflect current economic conditions and can suggest future developments or fluctuations in the nation's economy: issued, usually monthly, by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis in the Commerce Department |
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| a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby |
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| the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer's terms |
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| any of the means of communication, as television or newspapers, that reach very large numbers of people |
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| the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town |
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| a statutory combination of two or more corporations by the transfer of the properties to one surviving corporation |
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exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices |
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| city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government |
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| the state of being neutral |
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| recources that cannot be easily reproduced |
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| a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership |
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| cost in terms of foregoing alternatives |
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| the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest. |
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| party platform, also known as a manifesto, is a list of the principles which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said party's candidates voted into office. This often takes the form of a list of support for, or opposition to, controversial topics. Individual topics are often called planks of the platform |
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| Committees formed by interest groups to funnel donations to political candidates who are likely to support their position on various issues. Because of current campaign laws, PACs are allowed to make much larger donations than can individuals |
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| an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level |
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| the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the electoral college |
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| | the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale |
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| A primary election (nominating primary), also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election. In other words, primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the following general election. "Primaries" are common in the United States, where their origins are traced to the progressive movement. There, primary elections are conducted by government on behalf of the parties. Elsewhere in the world, the nomination of candidates is usually the responsibility of the political party organizations themselves and does not involve the general public |
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| the act of producing; creation; manufacture |
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| Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: lawyers, doctors, and other professional people |
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| a person who has the exclusive right or title to something; an owner, as of real property |
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| An interest group (also advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group or special interest group) is an organized collection of people who seek to influence political decisions |
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| The act of qualifying or the condition of being qualified |
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to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees |
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| a source of supply, support, or aid, esp. one that can be readily drawn upon when needed |
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| Right-to-work laws are statutes enforced in twenty-two U.S. States, allowed under provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, which prohibit agreements between trade unions and employers making membership or payment of union dues or "fees" a condition of employment, either before or after hiring. |
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Consumer sovereignty is a term which is used in economics to refer to the rule
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| a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk |
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| the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested |
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| insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth |
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| a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash |
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| a program of old-age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups |
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| | a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer |
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| the highest level of diplomatic or other governmental officials |
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| the quantity of a commodity that is in the market and available for purchase or that is available for purchase at a particular price |
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| something that remains above what is used or needed |
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| general meeting of the inhabitants of a town. |
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| The amount of goods and services that a country exports that is in excess of the amount of goods and services it imports. A trade surplus increases economic activity in a country but also may result in higher prices and interest rates if the economy is already operating at near capacity |
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| a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength |
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| an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945 |
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| programs to renew urban areas |
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A satellite nation is a country that is dominated politically and economically
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