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chapter 21
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| 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 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 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 aquired |
| substitute | a competing product that consumers can use in place of one another |
| complement | product often used with another product |
| demand elasticity | measure of responiveness relating change in quantity to change in price |
| supply | the amount of goods and services that producers are willing and able to sell at various prices during a specific 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 | downward 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 supply schedules of all 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 proceses used to make goods and services |
| subsidy | a government payment to an individual business or group for certain actions |
| supply elasticity | responiveness relating change in quantites supplied to change in price |
| surplus | situation in which quantity supplied is greater than the quantity demanded |
| shortage | situation in which quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied |
| equilibrium price | the price at which the amount producers ere 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 government |
| price floor | minimum price that can be charged for goods and services set by government |
| minimum wage | lowest legal wage that can be paid to most us workers |