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Tong Econ Kawasaki
Tong AP Microeconomics Summer Kawasaki
| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Scarcity | An economic problem in which there is an insufficiency of an amount or supply of a specific item; less goods are available than the demand for them. |
| Opportunity Cost | A benefit, profit, or value of an object that must be given up to acquire something else. |
| Capital | The nation's current production of valued goods and services including its capacity to produce them. |
| Supply | The quantity of a product available for purchase at a specified price; determined by price, cost of inputs, as well as the pricing of other goods. |
| Demand | The desire for a certain good or service supported by the capacity to purchase it at a given price. |
| Market | An actual or nominal place where buyers and sellers are able to interact to trade or purchase objects and services. |
| Competition | Rivalry in which every seller attempts to get what other sellers are seeking at the same time; commonly sales and profits. |
| Needs | Used to reinforce necessity, urgency, or inevitability. |
| Wants | The state of having too little of something needed or desired. |
| Goods | A commodity or tangible item that satisfies a human want or need in order to make an effort to acquire it. |
| Services | Activities done by individuals for a cost. |
| Consumers | An individual who purchases goods or services for direct use or personal use rather than for resale or use in production and manufacturing. |
| Budget | An estimate of costs, revenues, and resources by an agent or business for a specified period which reflects a reading of future financial conditions and goals. |
| Profit | The surplus remaining after total costs are deducted from the total revenue and the basis on which tax is computed and dividend is paid. |
| Cost | An amount that is required to be paid or given up in order to receive or purchase goods or services. |