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2.02 factors vs prof
Business Essentials
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cost of goods | The amount of money a business pays for the products it sells or for the raw materials from which it produces goods to sell; the amount of money a business pays for the products it sells |
| Creditors | individuals or businesses to whom a business owns money or from who it wants to borrow money |
| Demand | Demand The quantity of a good or service hat buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time |
| Economy | The system which people make and spend their incomes |
| efficiency | Accomplishing a task with a minimum expenditure of time and effort |
| Expenses | The money that a business spends |
| Gross profit | Money left after the cost of goods expenses is subtracted from total income |
| income | The money received by recourse owners and by producers for supplying goods and services to consumers |
| Net profit | Money left after the cost of goods expense and the operating expense are each subtracted from the total income |
| Operating expenses | All of the expenses involved in running a business |
| Pricing | A marketing function that involves determining and adjusting prices to maximize return and meet costumers perceptions of value |
| Private enterprise system | An economic system in which individuals and groups, rather than the government, own or control the means of production- the human and natural recourses and capital goods used to produce goods and services |
| Profit | Monetary reward a business owner receives for taking a risk involved in investing in a business |
| Profit motive | The desire to make a profit, which moves people to invest in business |
| Resources | Items that are used to accomplish another activity, such as producing/providing goods and services |
| Risk | The possibility of loss or failure |
| Suppliers | Vendors; businesses from which other businesses buy goods or services |
| Taxes | Monies that individuals or business buy goods or services |