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BE 205
Business Essentials
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cost of goods | The amount of money that an item costs. |
| 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. |
| economy | The system in which people make and spend their income. |
| effeciency | 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 expense is subtracted from total income. |
| income | The money recieved 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 expense are each subtracted to total income. |
| operating expenses | all of the expenses involved in running a business. |
| pricing | |
| private enterprise system | |
| profit | Monetary reward a business owner recieves for taking the risk involved in investing in a business. |
| profit motive | The desire to make a profit, which moves people to invest in businesses |
| resources | |
| risk | The possibility of loss or failure. |
| suppliers | Vendors; businesses from which other businesses buy goods or services. |
| Taxes | Monies that individuals or businesses must pay to the government. |