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HouseholdExpenditure
Junior Cert Business Studies
Term | Definition |
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Budget Surplus | This is when the planned income for the month is greater than the planned expenditure for that month. |
Budget Deficit | This happens when the planned expenditure for the month is greater than the planned income for that month. |
Net Cash | Difference between total planned income and total planned expenditure each month. |
Opening Cash | This is the amount of money a family plans to have at the start of a month. |
Closing Cash | This is the planned net cash plus planned opening cash. |
Current Expenditure | This is the ongoing spending on items that give benefits for a short period of time. Usually less than one year. |
Capital Expenditure | This is spending on an item that will give benefit for a long period of time. Usually more than one year. |
Expenditure | This is spending on the goods and services we use. |
Financial Cost | This is the amount of money paid for an item. |
False Economy | Spending money of something which initially appears to save money but, over a long period of time costs more money. |
Impulse Buying | Unplanned spending. |
Opportunity Costs | This is the transaction of an item you must do without in order to buy another item. |
Fixed Expenditure | This is spending on goods and services on a regular basis, e.g. Once a week, once a month or once a year, where the amount spent is fixed and does not change with usage. |
Irregular Expenditure | This is spending on goods or services where the amount spent and/or the timing of the spending varies with usage. |
Discretionary Expenditure | This is spending on items you would like to buy but do not need for day to day living. |
Consumer Durable Goods | These are goods that will give benefit to the buyer for a long period of time, more than one year. |