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chapter21

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Term
Definition
demand   the want and capability to buy a good or service  
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demand schedule   a table listing the different quantities of a good or service that a person is willing to buy over a range of prices  
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demand curve   a graph showing the amount of product that would be bought at all possible prices in the market  
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law of demand   that quantity and prices go in the opposite directions  
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market demand   the total demand of all consumers for their product or service  
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utility   amount of satisfaction you get from something  
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marginal utility   additional use that is derived from each unit aquired  
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substitute   products that in competing markets  
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complement   when two products are used and sold together  
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demand elasticity   the extent to which a change in price causes a change in quantity demanded  
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supply   the amount of goods and services that producers are able and willing to sell  
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law of supply   the principal that suppliers will normally offer more for sale at higher prices and less at lower prices  
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supply schedule   table showing quantities supplied at different possible prices  
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supply curve   a upward sloping line that graphically shows the quantities supplied for each possible price  
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profit   the gain of money a business makes on all goods and services  
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market supply   the total of all supply schedules of all the businesses that provide the same good or service  
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productivity   the degree in which resources are being used efficiently to produce goods and services  
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technology   the method or processes used to make goods and services  
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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   the measure of how quantity supplied of a good or service changes in response to change in price  
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surplus   the amount by which the quantity supplied is higher than the quantity demanded  
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shortage   when the quantity of demand is higher than the quantity supplied  
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equilibrium price   the price that the producers are willing to sell and buyers are willing to buy at  
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price ceiling   maximum price set by the government on a good or service  
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price floor   the minimum price set by the government on a good or service  
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minimum wage   the lowest legal wage someone can be paid  
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