Personal Finance & Economics

Financial institution licensed to receive deposits and make loans.

• bank
• credit union
• savings house
• credit house

Estimate of income and expenditures for a set period of time.

• check
• deposit
• loan
• budget

The percent of the population over 15 that can read and write.

• reading rate
• literacy rate
• writing rate
• reading %

How much of something people want.

• supply
• demand
• scarcity
• economics

A sum of money placed or kept in a bank account, usually to gain interest.

• deposit
• check
• profit
• supply

A cost that varies with the level of output.

• fixed costs
• profit
• variable costs
• savings

"Gifts of nature" that are used to produce goods and services.

• natural resources
• human resources
• capital goods
• entrepreneurship

Expending money with the expectation of achieving a profit.

• profiting
• budgeting
• debiting
• investing

How much of something is available.

• supply
• demand
• resources
• expenditures

A printed order for payment of a specified sum, issued by a bank or post office. 

• check
• money order
• debit card
• credit card