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2.05 Factors Affecti
2.05
| 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 owes money or from whom it wants to borrow money |
| Demand | the quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular |
| Economy | The system in which people make and spend their incomes |
| Efficency | Accomplishing a task with a minimum expenditure of time and effprt |
| Expenses | The money that a business spends |
| Gross profit | Money left after the cost of goods expense is subtracted from total income |
| Income | The money received by resource owners and by producers for supplying goods and services to customers |
| 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 customers perceptions of values |
| 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 resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services |
| Profit | Monetary reward a business owner receives for taking the risk involves 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 an services |
| Risk | The possibility of loss or failure |
| Suppliers | Vendors, businesses from which other businesses buy goods and services |
| Taxes | Monies that individuals or businesses must pay to the government |