CompanyAn organization that operates a business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other entity.
    Sole ProprietorshipA type of company in which all profits and liabilities flow through to an individual.
    PartnershipA type of company in which all profits and liabilities are shared by more than one person.
    DBA - （Doing Business As）When a business conducts its activities using a name other than that of its principal owners.
    Privately-owned CorporationA company whose stock is held by a limited number of individuals and cannot be bought or sold through a stock exchange.
    Publicly-owned CorporationA company whose stock is listed on a stock exchange and is usually owned by a large number of individual shareholders.
    Corporate CharterA document that establishes the existence of a corporation and whose bylaws set organizational and procedural guidelines for its operation.
    ShareholderThe owner of a share of stock in a company.　 公司通過獨資、合伙、合資或其它形式經(jīng)營的組織。
    獨資由一名個人獨立享有全部利潤并承擔全部債務的公司類型。
    合伙利潤由多人分享，債務由多人承擔連帶責任的公司類型。
    DBA使用所有人之外的名稱開展業(yè)務的行為。
    私有公司由一定數(shù)量的個人控股的公司，不能通過證券交易所交易。
    公有公司股票在證交所上市的公司，通常有大量私人股東。
    公司章程確立公司成立并規(guī)定公司運營的組織結(jié)構(gòu)和過程的文件。
    股東持有一定數(shù)量公司股份的人。