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Budgeting and Saving
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Interest | the fee someone pays to be able to borrow money |
| Principal | the sum of money you put into an account; the amount of money you owe on a debt |
| Compound Interest | earning interest on your interest |
| Rule of 72 | a method for estimating how long it will take compound interest to cause a principal to double |
| Budget | an itemized summary of probable expenditures and income for a given period |
| Defecit | the amount by which expenditures exceed income |
| Fixed Expense | an unchanging expenditure |
| Income | money recieved |
| Surplus | the amount of money remaining after all expenses have been met |
| Flexible Expense | an expenditure that varies |