supply and demand

noun

: the amount of goods and services that are available for people to buy compared to the amount of goods and services that people want to buy

If less of a product than the public wants is produced, the law of supply and demand says that more can be charged for the product.

Examples of supply and demand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Affordable and accessible housing - treating housing as infrastructure by creating more access to capital for increasing urban density to better balance supply and demand, address the wait and caps for housing vouchers, and enable direct seller-to-buyer home lending. —Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026

What has happened to the industry and egg prices is classic supply and demand. —Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026

The battle over natural gas has increased lately as lawmakers say that the gas is crucial to provide more electricity and lower the price through supply and demand. —Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026

Renewable fuel solves a basic supply and demand problem. —Kip Eideberg, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for supply and demand

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