There are 45 entries in the GLOSS*arama starting with the letter O.

Entries 1 through 35:

• OAS
• occupational mobility
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Office of Management and Budget
• oikonomos
• Okun's law
• oligopolistic behavior
• oligopoly
• oligopoly and monopolistic competition
• oligopoly and monopoly
• oligopoly characteristics
• oligopoly, concentration
• oligopoly, realism
• oligopsony
• OMB
• OMO
• OPEC
• open economy
• open market
• open market operations
• open shop
• operating statement
• opportunity cost
• opportunity cost, production possibilities
• option
• ordinal
• ordinal utility
• Organization of American States
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• organized labor
• origin
• OSHA
• other prices
• other things equal
• outlaw strike

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A subset of the balance of payments current account that records the difference between gifts or transfers received from other nations and transfers sent to other nations. In includes gifts or transfers between individuals, and perhaps more important, it includes transfers between governments. Two other subsets of the current account include the balance on merchandise trade and balance on services. Unilateral transfers are not included in the balance of trade, which is the sum of the balance on merchandise trade and the balance on services.

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Like most consumers, workers, and taxpayers, I engage in market exchanges for a lot of stuff -- food, labor, shelter, entertainment, confectionery products. But as I wandered through the peaceful community of Shady Valley, U. S. of A., I entered a "market" that I would have rather avoided. That's right, as the title indicates, I exchange some crime. I was mugged -- relieved of several valuable possessions -- right in front of the Shady Valley police station. I did the selling and my mugger did the "buying." While my part in the exchange was involuntary, the mugger's part was quite voluntary. In fact, the perpetrator of this crime acted much like any consumer headed to Natural Ned's Nursery and Garden Center in search of a creeping juniper. Let's see why?
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at an auction wanting to buy either shoe laces for your snow boots or a rim for your spare tire. Be on the lookout for jovial bank tellers.
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