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OTB CH 1
business language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| economic decision making | process of choosing which wants, among several options, will be satisfied |
| producers | individuals and organizations that determine what products and services will be available for sale |
| economic system | a nations plan for answering the three economic questions |
| economic resources | means through which goods and services are produced |
| needs | things that are required in order to live |
| scarcity | not having enough resources to satisfy every need |
| supply | quantity of a good or service that businesses are willing and able to provide |
| consumer | person who buys and uses goods and services |
| command economy | system in which resources are owned and controlled by the government |
| goods | things that you can see and touch |
| wants | things that add comfort and pleasure to life |
| services | activities that are consumed at the same time they are produced |
| business cycle | movement of economy from condition to another |
| gross domestic product | total value of all final goods and service produced in a country in one year |
| budget surplus | government spends less than it takes in |
| depression | a phase in the economic cycle marked by a long period of high unemployment, weak consumer sales, and business failures |
| bond | represents debt in organization |
| personal income | salaries and wages as well as investment income and government payments to individuals |
| capitalism | private ownership of resources by individuals rather than by the government |
| traditional economy | system in which goods and services are produced the way it has always been done |
| mixed economy | system that combines elements of the command and market economies |
| demand | quantity of a good or a service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a particular price |
| market price | point where supply and demand are equal |
| market economy | system in which the resources are owned and controlled by the people of the country |
| opportunity cost | activities that are consumed at the same time they are produced |
| services | things that add comfort and pleasure to your life |
| tradeoff | giving up something to have something else |