| A | B |
| price | monetary value of a product as established by supply and demand |
| rationing | system of allocating goods and services without prices |
| ration coupon | permit that allows the holder to recieve a given amount of rationed product |
| rebate | a partial refund of a product's orginal price |
| neutral | favoring neither side in a dispute |
| criteria | a standard or rule upon which judgement can be based |
| economic model | a simplified version of a complex behavior expressed in the form of an equation, graph, or equation |
| equilibrium price | price where quantity supplied equals quanity demanded |
| surplus | quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded at agiven price |
| shortage | quantity supplied is less than quantity demanded at a given price |
| voluntary | done by free choice |
| fluctuates | changes |