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chapter 20
Term | Definition |
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consumer | a person or organization that uses a commodity or service |
disposable income | the part of a person's income remaining after deducting personal income taxes |
discretionary income | money income left after necessities have been bought and paid for |
consumerism | a modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless, inferior, or dangerous products, misleading advertising, unfair pricing |
comparison shopping | to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise |
warranty | a stipulation, explicit or implied, in assurance of some particular in connection with a contract, as of sale |
budget | an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future |
income | the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments |
expense | cost or charge |
credit | commendation or honor given for some action, quality |
annual percentage rate | the annual equivalent of a rate of interest when the rate is quoted more frequently than annually |
collateral | security pledged for the payment of a loan |
bankruptcy | the state of being or becoming bankrupt |
save | to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss |
interest | the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something |
principle | an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct |
return | to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state |
stock | a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer |
dividend | a sum out of an insolvent estate paid to creditors |
bond | something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together |
mutual fund | an investment company that issues shares continuously and is obligated to repurchase them from shareholders on demand |
evaluate | to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise |
commit | to give in trust or charge; consign |
eliminate | to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable |