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OPPORTUNITY COST: The highest valued alternative foregone in the pursuit of an activity. This is a hallmark of anything dealing with economics--and life for that matter--because any action that you take prevents you from doing something else. The ultimate source of opportunity cost is the pervasive problem of scarcity (unlimited wants and needs, but limited resources). Whenever limited resources are used to satisfy one want or need, there are an unlimited number of other wants and needs that remain unsatisfied. Herein lies the essence of opportunity cost. Doing one thing prevents doing another.
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AVERAGE REVENUE, MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION The revenue received for selling a good per unit of output sold, found by dividing total revenue by the quantity of output. Average revenue often goes by a simpler and more widely used term... price. For a monopolistically competitive firm average revenue is greater than marginal revenue. Average revenue for a monopolistically competitive firm is often depicted by a negatively-sloped average revenue curve.
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BROWN PRAGMATOX
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers trying to buy either a how-to book on wine tasting or a bookshelf that will fit in your closet. Be on the lookout for broken fingernail clippers.
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The Dow Jones family of stock market price indexes began with a simple average of 11 stock prices in 1884.
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"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams." -- Og Mandino, Author and Speaker
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SAIF
Savings Association Insurance Fund
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