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5.01
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| buyers market | the best time for consumers to buy; characterized by large supply, small demand, and low prices |
| capital goods | manufactured or constructed items that are used in the production of goods and services |
| consumer | anyone who uses goods and services |
| consumer goods | tangible items produced for personal use |
| consumption | the process or activity of using goods and services |
| demand | the quantity of a good or services that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time |
| distribution | a marketing/business function that is responsible for moving, storing, location, and/or transferring ownership of goods and services |
| economic resources | the human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services |
| economic want | desire for items that can only be obtained by spending money |
| economics | the study of how to meet unlimited, competing wants with limited resources |
| economizing | the process of deciding which goods and services will be purchased or provided so that the most satisfaction can be obtained; deciding how scare resources will be used |
| elastic demand | a form of demand for products in which changes in price correspond to changes in demand |
| elasticity | an indication of how changes in price will affect changes in the amounts demanded and supplied |
| equilibrium price | the point at which the quantity of a good that buyers want to buy is equal to the quantity that sellers are willing to sell at a certain price |
| excess demand | the situation that exists when demand is greater than supply |
| excess supply | the situation that exists when supply is greater than demand |
| exchange | the process of trading one good/services |
| factors of production | productive resources ; human and natural resources and capital |
| form utility | usefulness created by altering or changing the form or shape of a good to make it more useful to the consumer |
| goods | tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for resale |
| human resources | people who work to produce good and services |
| industrial goods | tangible items that will be consumed by industrial users |
| inelastic demand | a form of demand in which changes in price do not affect demand |
| law of demand | economic principle which states that the quantity of a good or services that people will buy varies inversely with the prices of the good or services |
| law supply | economic principle which states that the quantity of a good or services that will be offered for sale varies in direct relation to its price |
| law of supply and demand | economic principle which states that the quantity of a good or services will increase when demand is great and decrease when demand is low |
| market price | actual price that prevails in a market at any particular moment |
| natural resources | any resources found in nature that is used to produce goods and services |
| noneconomic want | desires for things that can be obtained without spending money |
| opportunity cost | the benefit that's is lost when you decide to use scarce resources for one purpose rather than for other |
| place utility | usefulness created by making sure that goods or services are available at the place where they are needed or wanted by consumers |
| possession utility | usefulness created when ownership of a product in transferred from the seller to the user |
| price | the amount of money paid for a good, services, or resources |
| producer | the people who make or provide goods and services |
| production | the economic process or activity of producing good ands services |
| rationing | a function of relative prices that determines who gets the goods and services produced; determining how scarce resources will be distribute |
| relative prices | one price compared to another; the ratio between two prices |
| scarcity | a condition resulting from the gap between unlimited wants for goods and services and limited resources |
| sellers market | the best time for prodicers to sell; characterized by large demand, small supply, and high prices |
| services | intangible activates that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants |
| substituon effect | a phenomenon that occurs when changes in relative prices causes buyers to replace the purchase of one product with another |
| supply | the quanity of a good or services that sellers are able and willing to offer for sale at a specified price in a given time period |
| time utility | usefulness created when products are made available at the time they are needed or wanted by consumers or to complete specific business activates |
| trade off | giving up all or a part of one thing in order to get something else |
| utility | usefulness; capable of satisfying wants and needs |
| want | a desire for something that may or may not be required |