Personal Finance Unit 1 Review

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Cards In This Set

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Trade
Exchanging money for a product
Economies
Production and consumption of goods and services of a community regarded as a whole
Currency
System of money - bills and coins, specific to a country
Bartering
Exchanging goods or services for other goods or services
Negotiate
To attempt to come to agreement on something through discussion or compromise
Cowry shells
The earliest form of currency. Formerly used in parts of Africa and Asia.
Gross pay
Total income before any deductions are taken away
Net income
What's left after your gross income is reduced by any deductions. "Take home" pay.
Voluntary salary deduction
Money you have given permission to be taken out of your paycheck.
Involuntary salary deduction
Money taken from gross pay you do not have control over.
Salaried employee
Employee paid a flat amount of money for 40 hours service/week
Fixed income
Income that does not vary from one time period to another.
Fixed costs
Expenditures that are constant from one time to another.
Realized income
What's left after deductions have been made from your gross income.
Fixed expenses
Expenditures that are unchanging and predictable