cooperative (co-op): association of individuals or
companies whose purpose is to perform some business function
for its members.
copyright: exclusive right of authors of original writing
and artistic work to sell or in any way reproduce their works
for their lifetime plus fifty years.
corporation: a business organization created under a
government charter and owned by shareholders.
co-signer: person with an acceptable credit rating who
agrees to repay a loan if the borrower cannot.
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cost: amount of money which has to be paid for
something; fixed costs - business costs which do not rise
with the quantity of the product made; variable costs -
production costs which increase with the quantity of the
product made (such as wages or raw materials); unit cost -
the cost of one item (i.e. total product costs divided by the
number of units produced).
