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Demand
Econ
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Demand | The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at different prices in a given time period. |
| Market | A place where buyers and sellers come together to carry out an economic transaction. |
| Effective Demand | Demand for a product backed by the consumer's willingness and financial ability to buy it. |
| Law of Demand | The economic principle stating that as the price of a product falls, the quantity demanded of the product will usually increase, ceteris paribus. |
| Ceteris Paribus | An assumption meaning "all other things being equal," used to isolate the effect of one changing variable while holding all other determinants constant. |
| Demand Schedule | A table showing the quantities of a product that consumers are willing and able to buy at various prices over a given time period. |