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chapter 20
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| consumer | a person or organization that uses a commodity or service |
| disposable income | the part of a person's income remaining after deducting personal income taxes |
| discretionary income | money income left after necessities have been bought and paid for |
| consumerism | a modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless, inferior, or dangerous products, misleading advertising, unfair pricing |
| comparison shopping | to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise |
| warranty | a stipulation, explicit or implied, in assurance of some particular in connection with a contract, as of sale |
| budget | an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future |
| income | the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments |
| expense | cost or charge |
| credit | commendation or honor given for some action, quality |
| annual percentage rate | the annual equivalent of a rate of interest when the rate is quoted more frequently than annually |
| collateral | security pledged for the payment of a loan |
| bankruptcy | the state of being or becoming bankrupt |
| save | to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss |
| interest | the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something |
| principle | an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct |
| return | to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state |
| stock | a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer |
| dividend | a sum out of an insolvent estate paid to creditors |
| bond | something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together |
| mutual fund | an investment company that issues shares continuously and is obligated to repurchase them from shareholders on demand |
| evaluate | to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise |
| commit | to give in trust or charge; consign |
| eliminate | to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable |