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Economics Vocabulary
Economics Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A team of specialized workers | assembly line |
| To trade one item for another | barter |
| a gain, advantage, or positive result | benefit |
| a plan for using money | budget |
| things make by people that help workers make goods or provide services | capital resources |
| someone who buys goods | consumer |
| any kind of money that people in a country use for trade | currency |
| the amount of something consumers are willing to buy for a certain price | demand |
| the way people make, buy, sell, and use things | economy |
| a person who takes a risk, or chance, and starts a business | entrepreneur |
| to send goods or services to another country for trade or sale | export |
| the right people have to make choices to make, sell, or buy, whatever they want and can afford | free enterprise |
| things people buy or sell | goods |
| the skills, knowledge, and hard work that people bring to their jobs | human resources |
| to buy good or services from sellers in other countries | import |
| money people earn for work | income |
| all of the people and companies that sell similar goods or services | industry |
| depending on each other | interdependent |
| the money a bank pays people for keeping their money there | interest |
| where people buy and sell goods | marketplace |
| things found in nature that are useful to people | natural resources |
| resources that cannot be replaced | nonrenewable resources |
| someone who makes and sells goods | producer |
| resources that can be replaced | renewable resources |
| a lack of goods or services | scarcity |
| work that one person does for another person | service |
| the amount producers will make for a certain price | supply |
| to exchange things with someone else | trade |