Economics GCSE
Services
What Services means in Economics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Intangible actions or tasks performed by individuals or businesses for others, primarily within the tertiary sector.
Intangible actions, such as a hairdresser providing a service.
Topics that use Services
- Economic activity (AQA GCSE)
- Economic sectors (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Goods
- Interdependence
- Basic economic problem
- Circular flow of income
- Consumers
- Deindustrialisation
- Distribution of wealth and income
- Economic agents
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