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Business vocab No. 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Person who buys goods and services | Consumer |
| An organization that provides goods and services to consumers in exchange for money | Business |
| Products you can see and touch | Goods |
| Work that someone does for you | Services |
| Money left over after a business pays it's expenses | Profit |
| Sales - Expenses | Profit formula |
| Goods and services that people want and need | Businesses provide |
| Better products, more choices, new ideas, and better prices | Competition can lead to |
| The study of how people make choices when they have unlimited wants and needs but limited resources | Economics |
| Producing, selling, buying, or exchanging goods and services | Economic activity |
| Things people must have to live or function | Needs |
| Things people would like to have but can live without | Wants |
| Things people use to meet wants and needs | Resources |
| Fund used to buy what is needed | Money |
| The work people do | Labor |
| Supplies and items used to make products | Materials |
| Money, labor, and materials | The three basic resources |
| People can think of almost endless things they want or need | Unlimited wants |
| No person, business, or country, has enough resources to get everything it wants | Limited resources |
| Resources are limited compared to people's wants and needs | Scarcity |
| Take care of needs first; then use resources left over for wants | Simple rule |
| Making smart choices with limited resources is an important business and life skill | Life skill |