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Flashcards by matt martin, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by matt martin
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| the practice of comparing the price of products or services from different vendors before buying. | Comparison shopping m.m. |
| refers to actions taken by individuals or groups to promote and protect the interests of the buying public. | Consumer advocate m.m. |
| The DOE is a Cabinet-level department of the United States Government concerned with the United States' policies regarding safety in handling nuclear material. | Department of energy (DOE) m.m. |
| a large store stocking many varieties of goods in different departments. | Department store m.m. |
| The EPA is an agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health. | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) m.m. |
| is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission m.m. |
| a store in which goods, especially surplus stock, are sold directly by the manufacturers at a discount. | Factory outlet m.m. |
| law that sets out labor regulations regarding commerce employment, including minimum wages, requirements for overtime pay and child labor laws. | Fair Labor Standards Act m.m. |
| A labor law requiring larger employers to provide employees unpaid leave for serious health conditions, to care for a sick family member, or to care for a child. | Family Medical Leave Act m.m. |
| a television program that promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective way. | Infomercial m.m. |
| proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower, expressed as an annual percentage of the loan outstanding. | Interest rate m.m. |
| a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc., to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment. | Lease m.m. |
| a person who holds the lease of a property; a tenant. | Lessee m.m. |
| a person who leases or lets a property to another; a landlord. | Lessor m.m. |
| fraud in which belief in the success of a nonexistent enterprise is made by payment of returns to the first investors from money invested by later investors. | Ponzi scheme m.m. |
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