Economics GCSE
Demand
What Demand means in Economics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price during a specific time period.
The quantity of a good or service consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price in a specific time period.
The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price in a given time period.
Topics that use Demand
- Demand for goods and services (AQA GCSE)
- The market system (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Consumer behaviour
- Consumer income and preferences
- Decrease in demand
- Demand curve
- Equilibrium price
- Goods and services
- Market
- Non-price determinants
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