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Free Enterprise. 3 rd grade. Katonya Beaubouef – Herod Elementary. Free enterprise. The freedom to start a business and sell, for profit, any product or service allowed by law. Consumer. A person who buys a product or service. demand. The desire or need for a product or service.
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Free Enterprise 3rd grade Katonya Beaubouef – Herod Elementary
Free enterprise • The freedom to start a business and sell, for profit, any product or service allowed by law.
Consumer • A person who buys a product or service.
demand • The desire or need for a product or service. When will the demand for a product be small? High?
supply • The amount of goods offered for sale by a business. Explain the difference between supply and demand.
scarcity • A shortage, or lack of supply of a product What are some causes of scarcity?
specialize • To do just one kind of work or sell just one kind of product.
overhead • The amount of money it takes to run a business. overhead Heating/ cooling workers electricity
wage • The money a worker is paid.
profit • The amount of money left over after all the costs of running a business have been paid. When does a business make a profit? When do they do not?
marketing • The job of getting costumers to want a product. McD sponsor coupons advertise
competition • The efforts of two businesses with the same products to get consumers to buy from them. What are some things that business do to compete?