Money Basics
Smart Budgeting
Be Your Own Boss
Spending or Saving
Business Lingo
100

This is what you earn for doing work.

What is income?

100

A plan for how you’ll spend and save your money.

What is a budget?

100

A person who starts and runs their own business.

What is an entrepreneur?

100

Buying something you don’t need, just because you want it.

What is a want?

100

What you sell to customers.

What is a product?

200

The coins and bills you use to buy things.

What is cash?

200

Money you must spend every month, like rent or a phone bill.

What are fixed expenses?

200

A written plan that describes a business and how it will make money.

What is a business plan?

200

Setting money aside to use later.

What is saving?

200

A service that helps people and is not a physical item.

What is a service?

300

This place keeps your money safe and may pay you interest.

What is a bank?

300

The first thing you should do with money before spending.

What is save it?

300

The people most likely to buy your product or service.

What is your target market?

300

Something you must have to live, like food or shelter.

What is a need?

300

A short phrase or jingle that helps customers remember a business.

What is a slogan?

400

The fee you pay when you borrow money from a bank or credit card.

What is interest?

400

The money left after you pay for all your needs.

What is discretionary income?

400

When a business earns more money than it spends.

What is a profit?

400

The amount something costs.

What is a price?

400

The money you spend to start or run a business.

What are expenses or start-up costs?

500

This is what you call money you owe.

What is debt?

500

A smart budgeting rule that suggests spending 50% on needs, 30% on wants, and 20% on savings.

What is the 50/30/20 rule?

500

A new idea or product that solves a problem or improves life.

What is an innovation?

500

Comparing prices to find the best deal is called this.

What is smart shopping or comparison shopping?

500

A symbol, word, or design that identifies a business.

What is a logo or brand?

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