service industries: businesses which provide services, such
as health care, legal advice or appliance repair.
services: intangible items of value, such as the work of
physicians, lawyers, actors or mechanics.
share: one of the equal parts of a company that you can buy
as a way of investing money.
share capital: value of the assets of a company held as
shares less its debts.
Shareholder - stockholder: a person who owns shares in a
company.
314
Sherman Antitrust Act: a law passed by Congress in
1890 that prohibits monopolies or any business combination
that restrains trade. First U.S. antitrust law. Outlawed price-
fixing - when competing companies collude to set similar,
high prices.
short-term credit instruments: notes and other items
that come due in a year or less.
