Glossary Terms:

Monetary or non-monetary gain received because of an action taken or a decision made.

Resources and goods made and used to produce other goods and services. Examples include buildings, machinery, tools and equipment. In the context of credit transactions, capital is one of the Three Cs of Credit. It is an indicator of how creditworthy a prospective borrower is likely to be as determined by the borrower's current financial assets and net worth.

Resources made and used to produce and distribute goods and services; examples include tools, machinery and buildings.

The allocation or dividing up of the goods and services a society produces.

Tangible objects that satisfy economic wants.

The health, education, experience, training, skills and values of people. Also known as human resources.

The health, education, experience, training, skills and values of people. Also known as human capital.

"Gifts of nature" that can be used to produce goods and services; for example, oceans, air, mineral deposits, virgin forests and actual fields of land. When investments are made to improve fields of land or other natural resources, those resources become, in part, capital resources. Also known as natural resources.

"Gifts of nature" that can be used to produce goods and services; for example, oceans, air, mineral deposits, virgin forests and actual fields of land. When investments are made to improve fields of land or other natural resources, those resources become, in part, capital resources. Also known as land.

The basic kinds of resources used to produce goods and services: land or natural resources, human resources (including labor and entrepreneurship), and capital.