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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 been bought and paid for  
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Consumerism   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 manufacturer or a seller to repair or replace a product within a certain time period if its faulty  
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Credit   money borrowed to pay for a good or service  
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APR   annual cost of credit expresses 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   payment people receive when they lend money or allowed 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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Divided   payment of 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 individuals stocks and bonds chosen by financial experts  
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Evaluate   to assess or find 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   concept that people are normally willing to buy less of a product if the price is high and more of it the price is low  
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market of demand   the total demand of all consumers for a product or service  
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utility   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 changes in price  
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supply   amount of goods or 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 supplies will normally offer more for sale at higher prices and less at lower prices  
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profit   money a business receives for its products or services over and above its cost  
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market supply   total of all the supply schedules of all the business that provide the same good or services  
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subsidy   government payment to an individual business or a group in exchange for certain actions  
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supply elasticity   responsiveness of quality supplied to a change in price  
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equilibrium price   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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sole proprietorship   a business owned and operated by a single person  
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financial capital   money used to buy the tools and equipment used in production  
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articles of partnership   formal legal papers specifying the arrangements between partners  
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corporation   business organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were a person  
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charter   written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial government  
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stock   ownership share of a corporation  
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stockholder   individual who was invested in a corporation and owns some if its stock  
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board of directors   people elected by the shareholders of a corporation to act on their behalf  
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cooperatives   a voluntary association of people formed to carry on some kind of economic activity that will benefit its members  
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labor union   association of workers organized to improve wages and working conditions  
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right to work law   state laws forbidding unions from forcing workers to join  
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collective bargaining   process by which unions and employees negotiate the conditions of employments  
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mediation   situation in which union and company officials bring In a third party to try to help them reach an agreement  
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arbitration   situation in which union and company officials submits the issues they cannot agree on to a third party for a financial decision  
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transparency   process of making business deals more visible to everyone  
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social responsibility   obligation a business has to pursued goals that benefits society as well as themselves  
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