Economists Use Some Familiar Terms in Specialized Ways

question 441

Multiple Choice

Economists use some familiar terms in specialized ways

• A)to make the subject sound more complex than it is.
• B)because every respectable field of study has its own language.
• C)to provide a new and useful way of thinking about the world.
• D)because it was too difficult to come up with new terms.

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Definitions:

Check

A written, dated, and signed instrument that directs a bank to pay a specific sum of money to the bearer.

Accounts Payable

The amount of money owed by a company to its creditors for goods and services received but not yet paid for.

Credit Sale

A type of transaction where the goods or services are provided to the customer with the agreement that payment will be made at a later date.

Future Obligation

A commitment or responsibility to incur a cost or expenditure at a future date.