Economics Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Across
- 4. a decision made according to what is best for the individual seller
- 5. all the revenue that a business receives
- 12. stage where output increases at decreasing rate as more units of variable input are added
- 13. production period so short that only the variable inputs( usually labor) can be changed
- 14. the amount of product produced and offered for sale at all prices
- 17. a graph showing how a change in the amount of a single variable input changes total output.
- 19. change in the amount offered for sale in response to a change in price
- 21. a payment to an individual, business, or group to encourage or protect a certain type of economic activity
- 22. extra cost of producing one additional unit of production
- 23. more will be offered for sale at higher prices than at lower prices
- 25. amount that a single producer or all producers bring to market at any given price
- 26. listing of the various quantities of a particular product a producer would supply at all possible prices in the market
- 28. costs that remain the same regardless of level of production or services offered
Down
- 1. broad category of fixed costs that includes rent, taxes, and executive salaries
- 2. the volume of production where marginal cost and revenue are equal
- 3. the level of production that generates just enough revenue to cover it's total operation costs.
- 5. total output or production by a firm
- 6. the average price that every unit of output sells for.
- 7. electronic business conducted over the internet
- 8. graph that shows the quantities offered at various prices by all producers that offer the product for sale in the market
- 9. a measure of the degree to which the quantity supplied responds to a change in price
- 10. Phases of production that consist of increasing, decreasing and negative marginal returns.
- 11. Extra output due to the addition of one more unit of input
- 15. production period long enough to change the amounts to all inputs
- 16. the sum of fixed costs and variable costs
- 18. a situation where suppliers offer different amounts of product for sale at all possible prices in the market
- 20. graph showing the various quantities supplied at all possible prices that might prevail in the market
- 24. the extra revenue a business receives
- 27. production costs that change when production levels change