BUSINESS AND FINANCE III

The Word's The Thing 

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Specialized Vocabulary

The answers to the clues below will relate to business and/or finance.

 

1. Excessive or unlawful rates of interest

2. To press or harass a debtor for payment

3. Overdue or unpaid taxes are said to be this

4. One who takes the risks and starts his own business

5. Stealing money or securities from funds entrusted to you

6. Government protection of exclusive rights to an invention

7. A check issued by a bank and drawn on its own funds

8. Financial aid given by the government to a commercial enterprise, like farming

9. Payment for artistic works (songs, plays, etc.) given to the artist each time they are used 

10. Retailers and others taking advantage of spikes in demand by charging exorbitant prices for necessities, often after a natural disaster or other state of emergency.

 

Answers:

 

1. Usury

2. Dun

3. Delinquent

4. Entreprenure

5. Embezzlement

6. Patent

7. Cahier's check

8. Subsidy

9. Royalties

10. Price gouging