steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)
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the opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership
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the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.(economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can i…
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.cost in terms of forgoing alternatives
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.the charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.a small and inadequate amount
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Used in the same subject area: Business and finance, Economics business.the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator…
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a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.assets available for use in the production of further assets
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.the opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision; the rate of return that a business could earn if i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.the opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.The cost or expense of coining money.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.An advantage based on giving up less of something else to produce a good.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, rel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.the opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decision; the rate of return that a business could earn if i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.Expense; cost.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opportunity, cost, unproductive, assets, expense.That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom t…
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