Unit 1 Test Flashcards
An organization that uses productive resources to produce a good and/or service to satisfy consumer needs and wants in exchange for added value, usually in the form of monetary (money) profit
Business
Something that is tangible (in physical nature) and of value
Good
An action performed that is intangible and of value
Service
A necessity
Need
Something one would like to have
Want
The net gain obtained by subtracting expenses
Profit
Total income
Revenue
Total cost a business incurs
Expenses
A business with the purpose of making a profit for their owners
For-Profit
Businesses formed for religious, charitable, educational, governmental, or other purposes
Non-Profit
A basic foundation of the study of economics. Our wants are theoretically unlimited but our resources to meet those wants are limited or scarce
Scarcity
Something that occurs anytime buyers and sellers willingly meet to negotiate and exchange things of value. A way of determining how we organize and distribute our scarce resources to meet our unlimited wants and needs
Market
The wealth and resources of a country or region especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services. Generally it will have less or more markets in their composition
Economy
The central authority (government) determines who owns the means to produce goods and services, what to produce, how to produce, and who to produce for.
Socialized Economy
Determined through the interactions of free markets. What to produce is determined by what can make the most value n the economy. Production is done in the most effective way that can generate maximum profit. Sell to whoever will pay the most.
Market Economy
The study of how we deal with scarcity in our world. That is, how we deal with having unlimited wants and limited resources
Economics
The quantity of goods and/or services that consumers are willing and able to buy at various prices.
Demand
The quantity of goods and/or services that producers are willing and able to sell at various prices.
Supply
The point at which a supply curve and a demand curve meet is called the equilibrium
Equilibrium
A business with one owner who gains all of the benefits of the business and assumes all of the risk
Sole Proprietorship
A business owned by a legal entity that is separate from its owner
Partnership
A legal entity that is separate and distinct from its owners. Under the law, they possess many of the same rights and responsibility as individuals. They can enter into contracts, loan, borrow money, sue and be sued, employees own assets, and pay taxes.
Corporation
No separation between the owners personal assets. This means that if the business goes into debt by borrowing money or assets from someone else, and the business can’t get out of debt then the person owed money can take all of their assets.
Unlimited Liability
Shareholders personal assets (house, cash, etc.) are separate from the assets of the corporations. So if the corporation owes money, the shareholders are not personally liable for these losses. This means that they cannot lose their house, car, etc.
Limited Liability