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  2. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  3. Economics terminology that differs from common usage

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    The everyday usage of the word unemployed is usually broad enough to include disguised unemployment, and may include people with no intention of finding a job. For example, a dictionary definition is: "not engaged in a gainful occupation", [7] which is broader than the economic definition.

  4. Responsibility - Wikipedia

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    Responsibility may refer to: Collective responsibilityResponsibility of organizations, groups and societies Corporate social responsibility – Form of corporate self-regulation aimed at contributing to social or charitable goals

  5. Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries - Wikipedia

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    A glossary is a list of specialised or technical words with their meanings. Listed below are many glossaries supporting a wide range of subjects. See also Category:Wikipedia glossaries. Also try our sister project Wiktionary.

  6. Accountability - Wikipedia

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    "Accountability" derives from the late Latin accomptare (to account), a prefixed form of computare (to calculate), which in turn is derived from putare (to reckon). [6] While the word itself does not appear in English until its use in 13th century Norman England, [7] the concept of account-giving has ancient roots in record-keeping activities related to governance and money-lending systems ...

  7. Definitions of economics - Wikipedia

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    James Stuart (1767) authored the first book in English with 'political economy' in its title, explaining it just as: . Economy in general [is] the art of providing for all the wants of a family, so the science of political economy seeks to secure a certain fund of subsistence for all the inhabitants, to obviate every circumstance which may render it precarious; to provide everything necessary ...

  8. List of business and finance abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    CSR – Corporate social responsibility; CRM – Customer Relationship Management; CVP – Cost volume profit; CTA – Call to action; CTO – Chief technology officer; CX – Customer experience; CXO – Any chief officer(s), x being a placeholder. C2B – Consumer-to-business; C2C – Consumer-to-consumer; C&F – Cost With Freight; CKM ...

  9. Sinecure - Wikipedia

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    A sinecure (/ ˈ s ɪ n ɪ k j ʊər / or / ˈ s aɪ n ɪ k j ʊər /; from the Latin sine, 'without', and cura, 'care') is a position with a salary or otherwise generating income that requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service.