There are 153 entries in the GLOSS*arama starting with the letter S.

Entries 1 through 35:

• S corporation
• S&P 500
• S-I model
• sales maximization
• sales tax
• satisfaction
• saving
• saving function
• saving line
• saving-investment equality
• saving-investment model
• savings accounts
• savings and loan association
• savings deposits
• Say's law
• SBA
• scab
• scarce
• scarce good
• scarce resource
• scarcity
• scarcity rent
• science
• scientific method
• SDR
• seasonal unemployment
• SEC
• Second Bank of the United States
• second estate
• second rule of subjectivity
• second-degree price discrimination
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• segment
• segmentation
• segmentation variables

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A preference for risk in which a person prefers guaranteed or certain income over risky income. Risk aversion arises due to decreasing marginal utility of income. A risk averse person prefers to avoid risk and is willing to pay to do so, often through the purchase of insurance. This is one of three risk preferences. The other two are risk neutrality and risk loving.

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Upon leaving Scarcity Stan's Bakery Shoppe and Confectionery Palace our pedestrian's excursion drops into Mega-Mart Discount Warehouse Super Center. A quick tour of this mecca of mass production -- lasting no more than three days -- is likely to reveal within the 20 gadzillion square feet of floor space a number of sales racks, shelves, and tables filled with merchandise marked down for clearance. A prominently displayed sign on one sales rack boldly declares that the regular $24.99 price has been drastically reduced, for this week only, to $3.98. What a bargain! What a sale! We have the chance -- "for a limited time only" -- to get stuff valued at $24.99 for only $3.98! With a bargain like this, how can we lose?

It's easy to lose, if you don't understand the concept of value. Most of us have several "bargains" stored away in the attic, closet, or garage that never have seen, and probably never will see, anything resembling use. What seemed like a great "bargain" at the store, does nothing but occupy space at home. (By the way, does anyone have use for a distributor cap for a 1949 Ford?)
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time wandering around the downtown area looking to buy either a birthday greeting card for your mother that doesn't look like a greeting card or a handcrafted spice rack. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments.
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