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supply and demand
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Buyer market | the best time for consumers to buy; characterized by large supply small demand and low prices |
| Buying power | the amount of money available |
| complementary goods | products that used together (e.g,skirts and blouses ski boots and skis, software and computers) |
| consumer buying power | cash and credit a consumer had available to spend |
| cost of production | the total amount of money spent on costs on materials labor taxes etc to manufacture economic goods and services |
| Demand | the quanity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time |
| 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 | The point at which the quantity supplied is equal to the quantity demanded |
| Equilibrium price | The point at which the quantity of a good that buyers want to buy is equal to the quantity that sellers are wiling to sell at a certain price |
| inelastic demand | A form of demand in which changes in price do not affect demand |
| Law of supply | Economic principle which sates the quaintly of a good or service that will be offered for sale varies in direct relation to its price |
| Law of supply and demand | economic principle which states that the supply of a good or service will increase when demand is great and decrease when demand is low |
| Sellers market | the best time for producers to sell ; characterized by large demand small supply and high prices |
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