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BE 205
Business Essential
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cost of goods | the amount a business pays for the product it sells or for the raw materials from which it produces goods to sell: the amount of money a business pays for the produncts (or for any part of 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 hat buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particualer time |
| economy | the system in which people make and spent their incomes |
| effciency | accomplishng 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 recived by resource owners and by producers for supplying goods and sirvices to costomers |
| net profit | money left after the cost-of-goods expense and the operating expense are each subtracte 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 percetions 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 resources an capital goods used to produce goods and services |
| profit | monetary reward a business owner recives for taking the risk involed in investing in a business |
| profit motive | the desire the make a profit which moves people to invest in business |