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BE 205
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cost of goods | the amount of money a business pays for the products it sells or for the raw material from which it produces goods tt sell |
| Creditors | Individuals or businesses to whom a business owns money or from whom it wants to borrow money |
| Demand | The quantity of a good or serivice that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time |
| Economy | the system in which people make and spend their incomes |
| Efficiency | Accomlishing 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 expense is subtracted from total income |
| income | The money received by resource owners and by producers for supplying goods and services to consumers |
| Net profit | Money left after the cost-of-goods expense and the operating expence 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 amd met customer's perceptions of value |
| Private enterprise system | An economic system in which individuals and groups, rather than the government, own or control the means of producton- 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 involved in investing in a business |
| Profit motive | The desire to make a profit, which moves people to invest in business |
| Resoures | Items that are used to accomplish another activity, such as producing/providing goods and services |
| Risk | The possibility of loss or failure |
| Suppliers | Vendors;business from which other business buy goods or services |
| Taxes | Monies that individuals or businesses must paay to the governmeent |