services
Definition
Intangible products that are not goods (tangible products), such as accounting, banking, cleaning, consultancy, education, insurance, know how, medical treatment, transportation. Sometimes services are difficult to identify because they are closely associated with a good; such as the combination of a diagnosis with the administration of a medicine. No transfer of possession or ownership takes place when services are sold, and they (1) cannot be stored or transported, (2) are instantly perishable, and (3) come into existence at the time they are bought and consumed. See also service.
services is in the Economics, Politics, & Society subject.
services appears in the definitions of the following terms:
operations,
obligations incurred,
contractee,
absorption,
quotation,
merchandise exports,
housemark,
property profile,
unit price,
market access
and
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