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Sole Proprietorship

A business that is owned and usually managed by one person.

Partnership

A legal form of business with two or more owners.

Corporation

A legal entity with authority to act and have liability apart from its owners.

Unlimited Liability

The responsibility of business owners for all of the debts of the business.

General Partnership

A partnership in which all owners share in operating the business and in assuming liability for the business's debts.

Limited Partnership
A partnership with one or more general partners and one or more limited partners.

General Partner

An owner (partner) who has unlimited liability and is active in managing the firm.

Limited Partner

An owner who invests money in the business but does not have any management responsibility or liability for losses beyond the investment.

Limited Liability
The responsibility of a business's owners for losses only up to the amount they invest; limited partners and shareholders (stockholders) have this type of liability.

Master Limited Partnership (MLP)

A partnership that looks much like a corporation (in that it acts like a corporation and is traded on a stock exchange) but is taxed like a partnership and thus avoids the corporate income tax.

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)

A partnership that limits partners' risk of losing their personal assets to only their own acts and omissions and to the acts and omissions of people under their supervision.

Conventional (C) Corporation

A state-chartered legal entity with authority to act and have liability separate from its owners.

S Corporation

A unique government creation that looks like a corporation but is taxed like sole proprietorships and partnerships.

Limited Liability Company (LLC)

A company similar to an S Corporation but without the special eligibility requirements.

Merger

The result of two firms forming one company.

Acquisition

One company's purchase of the property and obligations of another company.

Vertical Merger

The joining of two companies involved in different stages of related businesses.

Horizontal Merger

The joining of two firms in the same industry.

Conglomerate Merger

The joining of firms in completely unrelated industries.

Leveraged Buyout (LBO)

An attempt by employees, management, or a group of investors to purchase an organization primarily through borrowing.

Franchise Agreement

An arrangement whereby someone with a good idea for a business sells the rights to use the business name and sell a product or service to others in a given territory.

Franchisor

A company that develops a product concept and sells others the rights to make and sell the products.

Franchise

The right to use a specific business's name and sell its products or services in a given territory.

Franchisee

A person who buys a franchise.

Cooperative

A business owned and controlled by the people who use it -- producers, consumers, or workers with similar needs who pool their resources for mutual gain.