caveat emptor: Latin term that means "let the buyer
beware".
cease and desist order: federal Trade Commission ruling
that orders a stop to an unfair business practice.
Celler Antimerger Act: a law passed by Congress in 1950
that declared mergers to be illegal where they serve to "lessen
competition or tend to create a monopoly".
central economic planning: doctrine placing production
decisions in the hands of government planners.
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centralize: to organize the control of a country or
organization so that one central group has power and tells
people in other places what to do.
