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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2009 CARD Act | to receive a credit card, consumers must be at least 21 years of age or older and interest rates on existing balances can’t be raised until past due days. |
| Allowances | used to determine the amount of taxes withheld from a paycheck |
| Amiable personalities | people that are friendly and outgoing. |
| Analytical personalities | people that want to know the facts and aren’t interested in what other people think. |
| APR | cost of credit expressed as a yearly interest rate |
| Body | the purpose of the business letter. |
| borrower | the person or organization that is receiving the money from the lender. |
| Intrastate commerce | business transactions involving companies that do business only in one state. |
| Capitalism | means that economic resources are usually privately owned by individuals rather than by the government. |
| Career | a lifetime journey of building and making good use of your skills, knowledge and experiences |
| Closed | end credit – a one time loan that is for a specified in application |
| Comparison shopping | planned buying or rational buying with careful consideration of the product, features, buying, and quality |
| Complimentary closing | the closure of a business letter |
| Compound interest | you receive interest not only on the amount, but on the interest as well. |
| Contract | an agreement to exchange goods or services for something of value. |
| Copyright | protects the creative work of authors, composers and artists for life plus 50 years after death. |
| Credit | when goods, services or money is received in exchange for a promise to pay a definite sum of money at a future date |
| credit card | credit that can be used for the purchase of goods and services now and payment of them later |
| credit limit | the maximum dollar amount loaned |
| credit report | a record of a consumer’s credit history that includes information about credit card use as well as the use of other types of credit, and personal information. |
| Credit sale | when a customer receives a product or service from a business and agrees to pay later |
| Credit score | a number that summarizes an individual’s credit record and history and is a numeric “grade” of a consumer’s financial reliability. |
| creditworthiness | is an individuals ability and willingness to pay the money back |
| Customer loyalty | faithfulness or devotion to a business. |
| Customer service | making sure the customers are satisfied and will continue to buy products or services of a company. |
| Debit card | plastic card which looks like a credit card, but is electronically connected to the cardholder’s bank account |
| Deductions | amount of money subtracted from the gross pay earned for mandatory systematic taxes, medical benefits, or retirement benefits |
| Demand | amount of goods that consumers are willing to purchase. |
| Dependent | a person who relies on the taxpayer for financial support |
| Direct deposit | employers directly deposit employee’s paycheck into the a authorized employee’s depository institution. |
| Driver personalities | people who want fast results. |
| Durables | consumer goods that will last longer than three years. |
| Educational goals | help individuals prepare for success in the workplace |
| Expressive personalities | people that like being the center of attention. |
| Final goods | goods and services sold to consumer. |
| Financial goal | specific objectives to be accomplished through financial planning enable individuals to prepare for future success in the workplace |
| Fixed costs | costs that will remain the same no matter if you sell many products or none. |
| Form I 9 | used to verify the eligibility of individuals to avoid hiring undocumented workers or others who are not eligible to work in the US. |
| GDP | is the basic measure of natural economic output of all final goods/services produced in a year. |
| Goal | end result of something a person intends to acquire, achieve, do, reach, or accomplish sometime in the near or distant future |
| Goods | things we can use, touch, and see |
| Gross pay | total amount of money earned during a pay period before deductions |
| Hard job skills | are specific to a particular job and include knowledge about job. |
| Impulse Buying | unplanned buying or emotional buying with little consideration of the product |
| Inflation | the prices that causes the purchases power of a nation to fall and causes goods to be more expensive over time. |
| Inside address | the recipients name, company name, and address on a business letter. |
| interest | price of money when referring to credit, interest is the charge for borrowing money |
| Intermediate goods | are things that are produced and then used up in the production of goods and services. |
| Interstate commerce | business transactions involving companies in more than one state |
| Invoice | a form issued to a customer during a credit sale that allows both the business and the customer to know how much they owe |
| IRS | collects federal taxes, issues regulations, and enforces tax laws written by the US Congress. |
| Job | work role within a specific organization, may be paid or unpaid |
| Late payment fees | is a charged when a cardholder does not make the minimum monthly payment by due date. |
| lender | person or organization who has the resources to provide the individual with a loan |
| long term goals | specified as more than one year |
| Market | the future customers for your product or service |
| Marketing strategy | way in which a product or service is sold to the target market. |
| Medicare | nation’s health care program for the elderly and disabled |
| Minimum payment | required to make at least each money on your credit card. |
| Monopoly | exists when a business has control over a market for a product or service. |
| Need | essential items required for life |
| Net pay | amount of money left after all deductions have been withheld from the gross pay earned in the pay period |
| Nondurables | goods expected to last less than three years. |
| Occupation | wide category of jobs with similar characteristics. |
| open end credit | revolving credit, a credit extended in advance that may be used for a variety of purposes |
| Over the limit fee | charged if the account balance goes over the set credit limit. |
| Patent | gives the inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell the item for 17 years. |
| Pay period | the length of time for which an employee’s are calculated |
| Paycheck | payment given with a paper check with a paycheck stub attached. |
| Paycheck stub | a document included each pa period which outlines paycheck deductions |
| Payroll card | payment electronically loaded onto plastic card for payroll. |
| Percent profit margin | a useful figure for comparing businesses by dividing net profit by costs and multiplying by 100%. |
| Proactive approach | requires you to anticipate potential problems and takes steps to minimize or prevent complaints |
| Profit | the amount you get when you subtract costs from the money collected from your customer’s sales. |
| Quotation | form issued to a potential customer showing the cost of certain items that the customer wants to buy. |
| Reactive approach | is when you wait for problems to arise and then work on a fix. |
| Receipt | a form issued to a customer when they pay cash for a product or service. |
| Resources | the things used in running your business |
| Return address | is the address of the letter writer. |
| Revenue | money that is collected y the government from taxes and tariffs |
| Salutation | is the greeting of a business letter. |
| Services | are activities people do for us |
| short term goals | specified as less than one year |
| Simple interest | interest figured by taking principal times rate times time. |
| SMART goals | specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time bound |
| Social Security | nation’s retirement program to help provide retirement income for elderly and pays disability benefits |
| Soft job skills | “common sense” skills. |
| Standard of living | the minimum necessities thought to be essential, differs between people |
| Supply | the quantity of goods that a supplier has available to sell |
| Target market | the exact group of people who would be most likely to buy a product or service |
| Taxes | compulsory charges imposed on citizens by local, state, and federal governments. |
| Time management | process of organizing your time, and not being overwhelmed with tasks. |
| Trademark | is a word, letter, or symbol associated with a specific company or product. |
| Transaction fees | fees for transfers, cash advance and foreign transactions. |
| Truth in Lending Act | limits liability for unauthorized credit charges to $50 per card. |
| Variable costs | costs connected with the production of the product. |
| Form W 4 | determines the percentage of gross pay which will be withheld for taxes |
| Want | unnecessary but desired items |
| Well being | state of being happy, healthy and prosperous |