Business Vocabulary Flashcards

1
Q

variable costs

A

costs that can change (examples: ingredients)

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2
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fixed costs

A

costs that stay the same (example: rent, insurance, phone)

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3
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total costs

A

the sum of all costs

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4
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unit cost

A

the price of one unit how we get it: total cost divided by the number of units also: UNIT can be the same as ITEM

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5
Q

what happens TO costs?

A

the costs: increase / go up stay the same / stay constant / don’t change decrease / go down

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6
Q

what is a “chart” in excel?

A

the same as a graph

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7
Q

consumer

A

the person buying things consume = to use something up

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8
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producer

A

the person / business that produces things for consumers

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9
Q

if something changes every year…

A

changes year to year changes on a yearly basis

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10
Q

what is a quarter?

A

25%

$0.25

three months out of the year

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11
Q

in the short run in the long run

A

in a short period of time (< 1 year)

in a long period of time (> 1 year)

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12
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what does “contiguous” mean

A

side by side

touching

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13
Q

what is a “non-contiguous range”

A

the range that has separate areas on the sheet

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14
Q

how do you highlight a non-contiguous range

A
  1. highlight the first part
  2. press down control
  3. highlight the second part

(the middle part will be not highlighted)

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15
Q

what does “#######” mean?

A

It means not enough space

You need to resize the column

(by going to the edge of the column and dragging)

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16
Q

What does “#NAME?” mean?

A

It means the fhe formula is not right

(probably you spelled it wrong)

17
Q

What is this called

#

A

number sign hashtag

18
Q

how do you change the colors on a chart

A
  1. go to the “page layout” tab on the ribbon
  2. click on the “colors” drop down arrow
  3. pick a color theme
19
Q

how do you put a pie chart

A
  1. highlight the data
  2. go to the “insert” tab on the ribbon
  3. click on the pie icon in charts
20
Q

how do you “line up” numbers on a spreadsheet

A

if they are dollar amounts,
go to the ribbon and click “$”

21
Q

how do you put commas in a number

A

1000000

go to the ribbon, click on the , icon

1,000,000

22
Q

what is a

trend?

A

The general idea of how the data changes

23
Q

what are 2 additional ways to say

“increase”

A

go up (past tense: went up)

rise (past tense: rose)

24
Q

what are 2 additional ways to say

“decrease”

A

go down (past tense: went down)

fall (past tense: fell)

25
Q

what is another way to say

“stay the same”

A

“stay constant”

26
Q

fluctuate

A

the data goes up a little and down a little

27
Q

level off

A

stop changing

Examples:

costs fell and then leveled off

prices rose and then leveled off

28
Q

What ADVERBS can you use to describe

increase

A

slightly (very little)

gradually (a little bit at a time)

steadily (a medium amount each time)

sharply (changes a lot very quickly)

29
Q

what is a

running balance

A

running = updated every day

balance = the amount of money you have