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A down payment is a partial payment on account of the total payment for a good or service.
Undertaking drawn up and signed by private individuals without the assistance of a public official.
Assets represent all real estate, movable property, receivables and cash held by a company. Assets equal liabilities.
A share is a security issued by a company which confers on its holder, the shareholder, ownership (and the rights relating to this ownership) of a portion of the company's capital.
Individual or legal entity linked to the company not by the partnership agreement but by the holding of a negotiable security representing a fraction of the company's capital.
The following are considered agricultural: - all activities corresponding to the control and exploitation of a biological cycle of a plant or animal nature, and constituting one or more stages necessary to the unfolding of this cycle. - activities carried out by a farmer as an extension of the act of production. This includes: - activities aimed at processing agricultural products with a view to their sale. - activities that support the farm. This includes all farm hospitality activities, as well as the marketing of farm products.
Artisanal activities are those carried out by companies with no more than 10 employees and which are engaged in the independent production, processing, repair or provision of artisanal services.