A | B |
Payment for use of Capital | Interest |
the amount of a good or service buyers are willing to buy at different prices | Demand |
the amount of a productthat producers are willing and able to offer at different prices | Supply |
the price at which buyers and sellers agree | Market Price |
the market where productive resources such as land, labor or capital are bought and sold | Factor Market |
the market where finished products are bought | Product Market |
the individual who starts a business, takes all the risk | Entrepreneur |
a business owned by one individual | Sole Proprietorship |
a business that is owned by 2 or more individuals | Partnership |
a business that is separate from the people that own it, acts as a person, sells shares of stock | Corporation |
any organization that combines labor, land and capital in order to produce goods or services | Business |
the difference between the cost of the product and what the seller receives | Profit |
the reason behind starting a business | Profit Motive |
shares of ownership in a corporation | Stock |
people who own shares of stock | Stockholders |
organizations of workers that seek to improve wages and working conditions and protect member rights | Labor Unions |
process where representatives of unions and business try to reach agreement about wages and working conditions | Collective Bargining |
a refusal to buy | Boycott |
workers refuse to work until demands are met | Strike |
breaking down of a complex job into smaller parts | Divison of Labor |
the money that people earn for their labor | Wages |
deal with members of a particular trade or craft | Trade Unions |
deal with members who belong to a particular industry | Industrial Unions |
people who cross picket lines | Scabs |
used by management to not allow workers to work | Lockouts |