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Kimbriad@Chap20-21

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Disposable Income   money income left after all taxes on it have been paid  
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Discretionary Income   money income left after necessities have been bought and paid for.  
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Consumerism   a movement to educate buyers about the purchases they make and to demand better and safer products from manufacturers.  
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Comparison Shopping   buying strategy to get best buy for the money  
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Warranty   the promise made by a manufacturer or a seller to repair or replace a product within a certain time period if it is faulty  
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Credit   money borrowed to pay for a good or service  
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Annual Percentage Rate (APR)   annual cost of credit expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed  
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Collateral   property or valuable item serving as security for a loan  
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Bankruptcy   inability to pay debts  
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Interest   the payment people receive when they lend money or allow someone else to use their money  
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Principal   the most important  
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Return   profit earned through investing  
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Stock   ownership share of a corporation  
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Dividend   payment of a portion of a company's earnings  
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Bond   contract to repay borrowed money with interest at a specific time in the future  
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Mutual Fund   pools of money from many people who are invested in a selection of individual stocks and bonds chosen by financial experts  
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Evaluate   to assess or find the value of  
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Demand   the desire, willingness, and ability to buy a good or service  
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Law of Demand   the concept that people are normally willing to buy less of a product if the price is high and more of it if the price is low  
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Market Demand   the total demand of all consumers for a product or service  
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Utility   the amount of satisfaction one gets from a good or service  
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Marginal Utility   additional use that is derived from each unit acquired  
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Substitute   a competing product that consumers can use in place of another  
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Complement   product often used with another product  
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Demand Elasticity   measure of responsiveness relating change in quantity demanded to a change in price  
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Supply   the amount of goods and services that producers are able and willing to sell at various prices during a specified time period  
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Law of Supply   the principle that suppliers will normally offer more for sale at higher prices and less at lower prices  
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Profit   the money a business receive for its products or services over and above its costs  
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Market Supply   the total of all the supply schedules of all the businesses that provide the same good or service  
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Subsidy   a government payment to an individual, business, or group in exchange for certain actions  
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Supply Elasticity   responsiveness of quantity supplied to a change in price  
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Equilibrium Price   the price at which the amount producers are willing to supply is equal to the amount consumers are willing to buy  
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Price Ceiling   maximum price that can be charged for goods and services, set by the government  
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Price Floor   minimum price that can be charged for goods and services, set by the government  
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