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services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is 'A{zH{
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as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. IS"[<
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product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to Y;Nq (
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price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words In4VS:dD
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particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer P7>\j*U91{
and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of ku/vV+&O
the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and ,fiV xn Q
payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the ?Xpk"N7
transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. }!xc@
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