Economics and Geography Terms

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Asset

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a single item of ownership having exchange value: Valuables, Wealth, Resources

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Agriculture

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the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming. Ranch, Gardening, Rural

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Bypass

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a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction. Pass around, Detour, Take back road

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Collaborate

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to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: Cooperate, Participate, Team up

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Compromise

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a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands. Settlement, Understanding, Agreement

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Incentive

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something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity. Encouragement, Motive, Purpose, Reward, Bribe

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Industry

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the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: Business, Cooperation

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Investing

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to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value. Money, Purchase, Finance

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Natural Resource

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the natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc. Timber, Water, Minerals

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Opportunity Cost

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the money or other benefits lost when pursuing a particular course of action.