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8.03Personal Finance
Managing income and expenses
Term | Definition |
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Income | Money earned from wages, salaries, tips, withdrawals from savings, interest earnings, scholarships, sales of properties or possessions, gifts, etc. |
Expense | Money spent for both fixed and flexible expenses; an expenditure. |
Anticipated | An amount of income or expense that is expected, planned, or projected. |
Actual | An amount of income or expense that was really earned or spent. |
Fixed Expense | An expense that is due by a certain date, often agreed upon n a contract, and difficult to change in a short time. |
Flexible Expense | An expense that is not due by a certain date and is easy to reduce or eliminate. |