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INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT: A savings retirement account set up with a bank, mutual fund, brokerage firm that allows people to set aside a portion of their income each year. Like other private pension plans, income diverted to an individual retirement account (or IRA) is tax deferred, that is, taxes on not paid on the income until it is withdrawn during retirement.
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ALLOCATION The process of distributing resources for the production of goods and services, and of distributing goods and services for the satisfaction of wants and needs and human consumption. This allocation process is an essential part of an economy's effort to address the problem of scarcity.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through the yellow pages hoping to buy either a T-shirt commemorating last Friday (you know why) or a rotisserie oven that can also toast bread. Be on the lookout for broken fingernail clippers.
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A thousand years before metal coins were developed, clay tablet "checks" were used as money by the Babylonians.
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"To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation." -- Anthony Quayle, Actor
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FV
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