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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| citizen | a member of a town, city, county, state, or country |
| community | a place where people live, work, trade, and share |
| trade | exchange of goods and services |
| business | a company that sells goos and/or services |
| right | the freedom to act in a certain way |
| responsibility | a duty |
| free enterprise | a system in which economic decision are made in markets by people and buisnesses, with little government influence |
| economy | a system of production and distribution of goods, services, and resources |
| resources | things and people used to produce goods and services |
| scarcity | a situation in which people cant have everything they want because of limited resources |
| human resources | the skills and abilities of workers used in production |
| natural resources | things used in production that occur naturally in the world such as water |
| capital resources | resources made by people, such as factories |
| market | a system in which people and businesses buy and sell goods, services, and resources |
| circular flow | a model of the movements of gods, services, resources, and money in an economy |
| public goods and services | goods and services that provide benefits to many people, and people may not be restricted from using them |
| private goods and services | goods and services that are exchanged for a price |
| taxes | required payments to the government |
| philantrophy | the effort to increase the well-being of people through charitable giving |
| nonprofit organization | institutions developed to increase the well-being of others in certain areas, such as education, religion, health, and other good causes |
| opportunity cost | the value of the next best alternative given up when a choice is made |
| sales price | the amount of money a buyer pays and seller receives for the purchase of a good |
| profit | the money that is left over from sales, after a business pays all its costs |
| cost | the price that a business pays for resources needed to provide a good or service |