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

Airline tickets are priced on supply and demand, and peak travel times can push base fares sky-high, which is exactly when booking a discount carrier can help. —Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026

What Kessler’s work suggests is supply and demand may work in theory, but in practice, consumers often revolt at life conducted on purely economic terms that feel unfair. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026

The institution tries to constantly fine-tune its assessments of how supply and demand are affecting prices. —Matt Peterson, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026

This week’s events prove that prices at US gas pumps are controlled not only by domestic wells in Texas, New Mexico and across the United States – but by traders looking at supply and demand around the planet and placing bets on what’s going to happen next. —Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for supply and demand

• ampersand
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• behindhand
• bottomland
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• countermand
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• fairyland
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• firebrand
• hinterland
• motherland