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

StubHub is on dynamic pricing that changes by supply and demand. —Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026

For the road map to both be accepted and be useful, the process will need to address the global market issues of supply and demand, as well as equity. —Jennifer Morgan, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026

This will reportedly allow the firm’s energy facilities to store electricity and use it when supply and demand are best aligned. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025

So as both supply and demand for the tropical fruit increased, New Orleans became a major hub for banana imports from Central and South America. —Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for supply and demand

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