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Chapter 7-8

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show the amount of a good or service that consumers are able and willing to buy at various possible prices during a specified time period  
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supply   show
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market   show
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show a transaction in which a buyer and a seller exercise their economic freedom by working out their own terms of exchange  
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law of demand   show
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show the amount of a good or service that a consumer is willing and able to purchase at a specific price  
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real income effect   show
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show economic rule stating that if two items satisfy the same need and the price of one rises, people will buy more of the other  
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utility   show
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show an additional amount of satisfaction  
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law of diminishing marginal utility   show
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show table showing quantities demanded at different possible prices  
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demand curve   show
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elasticity   show
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show economic concept that deals with how much demand varies according to changes in price  
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elastic demand   show
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show situation in which a product’s price change has little impact on the quantity demanded by consumers  
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show economic rule stating that price and quantity supplied move in the same direction  
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show the amount of a good or service that a producer is willing and able to supply at a specific price  
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supply schedule   show
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show upward-sloping line that shows in graph form the quantities supplied at each possible price  
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technology   show
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show economic rule that says as more units of a factor of production are added to other factors of production, after some point total output continues to increase but at a diminishing rate  
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equilibrium price   show
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show situation in which the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the current price  
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surplus   show
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price ceiling   show
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show the distribution of goods and services based on something other than price  
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black market   show
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price floor   show
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entrepreneur   show
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show a beginning business enterprise  
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show private- or government-funded agency that assists new businesses by providing advice or low-rent buildings and supplies  
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show extra supply of the items used in a business, such as raw materials or goods for sale  
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receipts   show
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sole proprietorship   show
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proprietor   show
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unlimited liability   show
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show all items to which a business or household holds legal claim  
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show business that two or more individuals own and operate  
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show special form of partnership in which one or more partners have limited liability but no voice in management  
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limited liability company   show
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show partnership set up for a specific purpose for a short period of time  
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corporation   show
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show share of ownership in a corporation that entitles the buyer to a certain part of the future profits and assets of the corporation  
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limited liability   show
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articles of incorporation   show
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corporate charter   show
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show shares of ownership in a corporation that give stockholders voting rights and a portion of future profits (after holders of preferred stock are paid)  
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show portion of a corporation’s profits paid to its stockholders  
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show shares of ownership in a corporation that give stockholders a portion of future profits (before any profits go to holders of common stock), but no voting rights  
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bylaws   show
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franchise   show
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show federal government’s use of taxation and spending policies to affect overall business activity  
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