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chapter 21
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| demand | the desire, willingness, and ability to buy a good or service |
| demand schedule | table showing quantities demanded at different possible prices |
| demand curve | downward- sloping line that graphically shows the qualities demanded at each possible price |
| market demand | the total demand of all consumers for a product or service |
| 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 |
| utility | the amount of satisfaction one gets from a good or service |
| marginal utility | additional use that is derived from each unit acquired |
| 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 |
| 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 that 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 business that provide the same good or service |
| productivity | the degree to which resources are being used efficiently to produce goods or services |
| technology | the methods or processes used to make to make goods or services |
| subsidy | a government payment to an individual, business, or group in exchange for certain actions |
| supply elasticity | responsiveness of quantity supplied to a change in price |
| surplus | the amount of money by which quantity supplied is higher that the quantity demanded |
| shortage | the amount by which the quantity demanded if higher that the quantity supplied |
| equilibrium price | the point where the achieve balanced |
| price ceiling | the maximum price set by the government that can be charged for goods and services |
| price floor | governments minimum price that can be charged for goods and services |
| minimum wage | the lowest legal wage that can be paid to most workers |
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