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Chap 21 Terms
WSHS - C/E - Chap 21 Terms - Boyd/Tedder
Question | Answer |
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demand | the desire, willingness, and ability to buy a good or service |
demand schedule | a table showing quantities demanded at different possible prices |
demand curve | downward-sloping ling that graphically shows the quantities demanded at each possible price |
law of demand | the concept that people are normally willing to buy less of a product if the price is high and more of it if the price is low |
market demand | the total demand of all consumers for a product or service |
utility | the amount of satisfaction one gets from a good or service |
marginal utility | additional use that is derived from each unit acquired |
identify | to find or show the identity of |
illustrate | to show or make clear by example |
likewise | similarly or in addition |
substitute | a competing product that consumers can use in place of another |
complement | product often used with another product |
demand elasticity | measure of responsiveness relating change in quantity demanded to a change in price |
immigration | the act of moving into a foreign country |
phenomenon | a rare or important fact or event |
supply | the amount of goods and services that producers are able and willing to sell at various prices during a specified time period |
law of supply | the principle that suppliers will normally offer more for sale at higher prices and less at lower prices |
supply schedule | table showing quantities supplied at different possible prices |
supply curve | upward-sloping line that graphically shows the quantities supplied at each possible price |
profit | the money a business receives for its products or services over and above its costs |
market supply | the total of all the supply schedules of all the businesses that provide the same good or service |
productivity | the degree to which resources are being used efficiently to produce goods and services |
technology | the methods or processes used to make goods and services |
subsidy | a government payment to an individual, business or group in exchange for certain actions |
supply elasticity | responsiveness of quantity supplied to change in price |
motive | something that causes a person to act |
restrict | to place limits on or keep within bounds |
surplus | a situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded; a situation in which government spends less than it collects in revenues |
shortage | situation in which quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied |
equilibrium price | the price at which the amount producers are willing to supply is equal to the amount consumers are willing to buy |
price ceiling | maximum price that can be charged for goods and services, set by the government |
price floor | minimum price that can be charged for goods and services, set by the government |
minimum wage | lowest legal wage that can be paid to most US workers |
mechanism | the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys |
purchase | to buy or pay for |
focus | a central point of attention or activity |