Chapter 5 Vocab
Across
- 3. Handled by way of
- 7. Average price that every unit of output sells for
- 8. Production period long enough to change amount of variable and fixed inputs used in production
- 10. Phases of production that consist of increasing, decreasing, and negative returns
- 12. Costs of production that do not change when output changes
- 15. Principle that more will be offered for sale at higher prices than at lower prices
- 17. Total output or production by a firm
- 20. Produces or brings into being
- 21. Different
- 22. Extra cost of producing one additional unit of production
- 25. A graph that shows the quantities supplied at each and every possible price in the market
- 28. Specific amount offered for sale at a given price; point on the supply curve
- 29. Broad category of fixed costs that includes interest, rent, taxes, and executive salaries
- 30. Graphic portrayal showing how a change in the amount of a single variable input affects total output
- 31. Production period so short that only variable inputs (usually labor) can be changed
- 32. Production cost that varies as output changes; labor, energy, raw materials
Down
- 1. Electronic business or exchange conducted over the Internet
- 2. Production level where total cost equals total revenue; production needed if the firm is to recover its costs
- 4. Gives time, money, or effort
- 5. Change in the amount offered for sale in response to a price change; movement along the supply curve
- 6. Different amounts offered for sale at each and every possible price in the market; shift of the supply curve
- 9. Government payment to encourage or protect a certain economic activity
- 11. Sum of variable cost plus fixed cost; all costs associated with production
- 13. Responsiveness of quantity supplied to a change in price
- 14. Assumed but not proven
- 16. Level of production where marginal cost is equal to marginal revenue
- 18. Stage of production where output increases at a decreasing rate as more units of variable input are added
- 19. Total amount earned by a firm from the sale of its products; average price of a good sold times the quantity sold
- 23. Amount of a product a producer or seller would be willing to offer for sale at all possible prices in a market at a given point in time
- 24. Supply curve that shows the quantities offered at various prices by all firms that sell the same product in a given market
- 25. A table showing the quantities that would be produced or offered for sale at each and every possible price in the market at a given point in time
- 26. Extra revenue from the sale of one additional unit of output
- 27. Extra output due to the addition of one more unit of input