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Income/Expenditures

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Term
Definition
income   money or other forms of wealth received by a household  
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regular income   income received on a regular basis such as a weekly wage  
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irregular income   income received now and again such as overtime pay  
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regular income - employed person   used for wages and child benefit  
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irregular income - employed person   inheritance, overtime  
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regular income - unemployed person   unemployment benefit, child benefit  
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irregular income - unemployed person   lottery winnings, casual working  
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regular income - retired person   pension and free travel  
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irregular income - retired person   winnings at bingo games, presents  
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regular income - student   grant, pocket money  
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irregular income - student   presents, casual work  
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benefit in kind   a non-cash form of income, also known as a perk (for example: the use of a company car or a mobile phone)  
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overtime   hours worked in an addition to your regular working week  
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child benefit   monthly payment by the Government to parents/guardians of kids under the age of 18  
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grant   a payment made by the Government to students while they are studying at college/secondary school  
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unemployed benefit   weekly payment made by the Government made to unemployed people  
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expenditure   refers to the money the customer spends during a particular period of time  
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fixed expenditure   items where cost doesn't change according to use, usually regular payments monthly or yearly (for example, the rent, mortgage repayments, loan repayments, car taxes)  
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irregular expenditure   items where cost does change according to use, which may be paid regularly but the amount differs (for example, groceries, diesel, light and heat)  
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impulse buying   when the customer buys something on the spur of the moment without asking himself/herself if he/she can really afford it and if we really need that particular item  
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opportunity cost   when the customer has the choice of buying two items and the item he/she doesn't choose is the opportunity cost  
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An example of an opportunity cost is:   "I have €1. I have the choice of buying an apple or a bar of chocolate. I pick the apple so the opportunity cost is the chocolate bar."  
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mortgage   a loan from the bank to enable a person to buy a house  
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budget   a plan of a household's future income and future expenditure for a given period of time  
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net cash   what you get when you add the total income and total expenditure together  
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unbranded   refers to goods not manufactured by a well-known producer  
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budget surplus   refers to "when your planned income is greater than your planned expenditure"  
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budget deficit   refers to "when your planned expenditure is greater than your planned income"  
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balanced budget   refers to "when your planned income is equal than your planned expenditure"  
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