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C 2.02 EC-901
Glossary businesses
Term | Definition |
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Capital goods: | Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services |
Consumer: | Anyone who uses goods and services |
Consumption: | The process or activity of using goods and services |
Decision-making; | Choosing among alternatives |
Distribution: | The process or activity by which income is divieded among resource owners and producers |
Economic activities: | Consumption, production, exchange, and distribution |
Ecconomic wants | Desires for items that can only be obtained by spending money |
Economics: | The study of how to meet unlimited, competing wants with limited resources |
Economizing: | The process of deciding which goods and services will be used so that the most satisfaction cab be obtained; deciding how scarce resources will be used |
Exchange: | The process of trading one good/service for another |
Free goods: | Items that can be obtained without money |
Goods: | Tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for sale |
Human resources: | People who work to produce goods and services |
Income: | The money received by resource owners and by producers for supplying goods and services to customers |
Natural resources: | Items that are foun in nature and used to produce goods and services |
Noneconomic want: | A desire for something that can be satisfied without spending money |
Opportunity cost: | The benefit that is lost when you decide to use scarce resources for one purpose rather than for another |
Price: | The amount of money paid for a good, service, or resource |
Producers: | The people who make or provide goods and services |
Production: | The economic process or activity of producing goods and services |
Resource: | Any item |
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