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

As a result, supply and demand forecasts may be more accurate, and fraudulent data may be kept out. —K.h. Koehler, Ascend Agency, 15 Dec. 2025

How Instacart responded to the report In a statement to The Arizona Republic, Instacart said prices on its platform do not change in real time or in response to supply and demand, and that its pricing tests are not personalized. —Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 11 Dec. 2025

Two of Oman’s nine green hydrogen projects have been shelved, amid industry concerns about a mismatch between supply and demand for the low-emissions fuel. —Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 3 Dec. 2025

The analysts cited a supply and demand imbalance. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for supply and demand

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