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EC-011 Glossary
Business management 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Buyer's 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 are used together (e.g., skirts and blouses, ski boots and skis, software and computers) |
| Consumer buying power | Cash and credit a consumer has available to spend |
| Cost of production | The total amount of money spent on cost of materials, labor, taxes, etc., to manufacture economic goods and services |
| Demand | The quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time |
| Elastic demand | A from of demand for products in which changes in the prices correspond to changes in demand |
| Elasticity | An indication of how changes in prices will affect changes in the amounts demanded and supplied |
| Equilibrium | The point at which the quantity supplied is equal to the quantity demand |
| Equilibrium price | The point at which the quantity of a good that buyer want to buy is equal to the quantity that seller are willing to sell at a certain price |
| Inelastic demand | A from 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 service that people will buy varies inversely with the price of a good or service |
| Law of supply | Economic principle which states that the quantity of a good or service that will be offered for sale varies in direct relation to its price |
| Law of supply and demand | |
| Seller's market | |
| Standard of living | |
| Substitute goods |