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The Consumer
Term | Definition |
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Consumer | is an individual who makes the decision whether to buy goods or services. |
Utility | is the amount of satisfaction or benefit derived from the consumption of a good or service. |
Economic Good | is a product or service which commands a price, derives utility and is transferable. |
Marginal Utility | is the addition to total utility brought about by the extra utility received caused by the consumption of one extra unit of a good. It is the extra satisfaction a consumer gets from consuming an extra unit of the good. |
The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility | states that as more units of a good are consumed, a point will be reached where marginal utility eventually begins to decline. |
Equilibrium | is the condition where there is no tendency to change. |
Equi-Marginal Principle/Law of Equi-Marginal Returns | explains the behaviour of a consumer in distributing their limited income among various goods and services. Consumers allocate their income in such a way that the last cent spent on each good will bring the same marginal utility. |