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Profit   Money that remains after a business has paid for the expenses of running the business. Income > Expenses  
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Profit motive   A person's incentive to work to gain something for himself or herself (that is to make money).  
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Competition   Contest between businesses to win customers' business and loyalty  
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Needs   Items necessary for existence, such as clothing, food, and shelter.  
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Wants   Items that would be nice to have, but are not necessary.  
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Consumer   A person who uses goods or services. Many times the consumer is also the customer (purchaser).  
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Goods   Items businesses sell that can be physically weighed or measured, such as iPods and CDs.  
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Services   Tasks that businesses perform or provide for customers, such as hair cuts and car washes.  
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Sole proprietorship   A business owned by only one person.  
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Partnership   A business owned by two or more people.  
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Franchise   A contract between a parent company and a franchisee to use the name and sell the goods or services of the parent company, such as KFC.  
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Non-profit organization   A business whose goal is to provide a service rather than to make a profit, such as the American Red Cross.  
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Corporation   A business considered separate from the owners of the business by law. The owners are the stockholders.  
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Multinational corporation   A company that does business and has business facilities in many countries, such as Coca Cola.  
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Accounting   The process of recording and reporting the financial data for a business.  
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Management   The process of leading and directing all or part of an organization  
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Marketing   The process of creating, promoting, and presenting a product to the consumers.  
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Information Technology   The process of developing, installing, and implementing computer information systems and applications. IT includes the support and maintenance of computer hardware and software.  
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Operations   The activities involved in the day-to-day running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders.  
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Human Resources   The activities that deal with the hiring, firing, training and other personnel (employee) issues.  
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Manufacturing   Process of making finished products out of raw materials.  
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Demand   The amount of a good or service that consumers will want to purchase at a given price.  
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Supply   How much producers are willing and able to sell at a given price during some time period. (Along with demand, one of the two key determinants of price).  
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Loss   When your expenses exceed your profit  
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Surplus   Overstock or overage  
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Resources   Anything which is useful and can satisfy a want; the input to production. 2 types (human and natural)  
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Choice   The process by which people decide how to use the scarce resources available to them; the act of selecting from among alternative uses of a limited resource.  
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Opportunity Cost   What must be given up when decisions are made to use scarce productive resources to produce particular goods or services  
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