Supply and Demand Flashcards
Demand
desire ability and willingness to buy a product
Demand curve
a graph showing the quantity demand at eeach and every price that might happen in the market
Law of demand
the quantity of demand varies inversely with price
supply
amount of product offered for sale at all possible prices of a market
supply curve
a graph that shows the quantities supplied at each and every possible price in the market
substitutes
competing products that can be used in place of one another products related in such way that an increase in the price of a one increases demand for the other
quantity supplied
amount offered for sale at a given private point on supply curve
law of supply
principle that more will be offered for sale at high prices
market
meeting place ofr mechanism allowing buyers and sellers of an econimic product to come toghether ; can be local, regional or global
elsaticity
price change only a little quantity demand change
inelasticity
pprice change a big quantity demand change
Diminishing marginal utility
getting sick of something, having too much and not being satisfied
marginal return
what is the return of utilizing one or more resources