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Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

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supply   the amount of goods and services that producers are able and willing to sell at various prices during a specific period of time.  
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demand   the desire, willingness, and ability to buy a good or service  
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supply curve   upward-sloping line that graphically shows the quantities supplied at each possible price  
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demand curve   downward-sloping line that graphically shows the quantities demanded at each possible price.  
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shortage   situation in which quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied  
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surplus   situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded  
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automation   the transfer of labor from humans to machines  
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specialization   when people, businesses, regions and/or nations concentrate on goods and services that they can produce better than anyone else.  
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sole proprietorship   a business owned and operated by a single person  
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partnership   a business owned by two or more people  
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corporation   type of business organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were a person  
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monopoly   when the market creates a sole provider for a good or service  
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oligopoly   a state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers.  
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pure competition   a broad range of producers are selling the same product  
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monopolistic competition   many producers are selling products that are different from each other and therefore are not perfect substitutes.  
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