buying on margin: for those who don'thave lotsof money, butbelieve that's what it takes tomake akillingon the stock market. Stock buyers purchase stocks with bor-
rowed money, gambling the share price will rise enough to pay
off the loan and then some.
bylaws: roles of operation for a corporation, stated in
the charter, that govern the corporate officers' actions.
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C call: an option to buy a certain amount of stock at a
specific price during a specific time.
capacity: the maximumnumberofunitsafirmcan
produce. capital: money needed to start or grow abusiness. This poolcan come from securities offerings andretained earnings. Something created to produceother goodsandservices; also
money used to pay for the operations of abusiness.