Bar: An exam lawyers must pass in order to become legally certified to practice law.

Bull market: A stock market term that describes a period of aggressive buying and selling of stock that proves profitable for most investors; in contrast, "bear market" is used to describe a more sluggish trading period.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: A means for measuring the health of the stock market by charting the progress of a select group of representative businesses.

Entrepreneur: A person who invests time and money in new business ventures.

Gross national product (GNP): An economic measurement of a nation's total value of goods and services produced over a certain period (usually a year); the GNP became an official economic statistic in 1947.

Lieutenant governor: Second in command behind the governor of a state; similar to the role of vice president.

Merchant marine: Professional sailors and boat...