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Term | Definition |
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income | refers to the money or other forms of wealth received bye a house hold |
regular income | is income received on a regular basis such as a weekly wage |
irregular income | is income received now and again such as overtime |
regular income - employed person | wages, child benefit |
irregular income - employed person | inheritance, overtime |
regular income - unemployed person | unemployment benefit child benefit |
irregular income - unemployed person | lottery win casual work |
regular income - retired person | pension free travel |
irregular income - retired person | win at bingo |
regular income - student | grant pocket money |
irregular income - student | presents casual work |
BIK | benefit-in-kind is a non-cash form of income also known as a perk eg. company car |
overtime | hours worked in an addition toyour regular working week |
child benefit | monthly payment by the parents of children under 18 |
grant | a payment made by the government to students while they are studying in college |
unemployment benefit | weekly payment by the government made to unemployed people |
expenditure | refers to the money we spend during a period of time |
fixed expenditure | items where the cost doesn't change according to use |
irregular expenditure | items where the cost does change according to use |
impulse buying | is when u buy something on the spur moment without asking ourselves if we can really afford it |
opportunity cost | is when you have the choice of buying 2 things and the item we do not choose is the opportunity cost |
mortgage | a loan off a bank to enable a person to buy a house |
budget | is a plan of a households future income and expenditure |
net cash | equals total income - total expenditure |
budget surplus | refers to when your total income is greater than your planned expenditure |
budget deficit | refers to when your planned expenditure is greater than your planned income |
balanced budget | refers to when your income is equal to your planned expenditure |