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A202 KEY TERMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consumer goods and services | Products produced for personal consumption. |
| Consumers | People who use goods and services to satisfy their wants. |
| Convenience products | Consumer goods and services purchased quickly and without much thought of effort. |
| Economic goods | Physical objects that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants. |
| Economic services | Productive acts that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants. |
| Economic want | A desire for something that can only be satisfied by spending money. |
| Equipment | Industrial goods used in the operation of a business but not used in the actual production of a good or service. |
| Goods | Tangible objects that can be manufactured of produced for resale. |
| Impulse item | Any item purchased as a result of an on the spot decision to buy. |
| Industrial goods and services | Products purchased by producers for resale, to make other goods and services, and/or to use in business operations. |
| Installations | High-cost, long-lasting industrial goods that are used to produce for resale, to make other goods and services. |
| Market research | The systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about a specific issue, situation, or concern that affects a market. |
| Materials | Industrial goods that become part of a finished product after they have been processed. |
| Noneconomic want | A desire for something that can be satisfied without spending money. |
| Parts | Industrial goods that become part of a finished product without any additional processing. |
| Producers | The people who make or provide goods and services. |
| Product | A good or service that a company sells to customers. |
| Raw materials | Items in their natural state or condition. |
| Scarce | Limited. |
| Services | Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants. |
| Shopping products | Consumer goods and services purchased after customers compare products to get the best quality, price, and/or service. |
| Specialty products | Consumer goods and services with special or unique characteristics that customers are willing to exert special efforts to obtain. |