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sole proprietor
Subject:
Accounting

(also called sole trader)  type of business owned and run by one individual

sole trader
Subject:
Business Studies

a business owned by one person, who usually also manages the business.

sole trader
Subject:
Accounting

(also called sole proprietor) type of business owned and run by one individual

solid
Subject:
Physical Sciences

the phase of matter in which the particles are so tightly bound to one another that they can...

solifluction
Subject:
Geography

process which occurs when the soil is saturated with water, and flows slowly down the slope

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