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

The indications are sent in before an initial offering opens and are used by trading desks to set the first trade based on supply and demand for the stock. —Ashley Capoot,cj Haddad,samantha Subin,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 12 June 2026

Under normal circumstances when currencies are stable in value, marketplace prices fluctuate because of supply and demand. —Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

The relationship between federal spending and household costs is mostly one of supply and demand. —Martha Gimbel, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026

And in a fast-growing region like Charlotte, advocates say those pressures are only likely to intensify if the gap between supply and demand continues to widen. —Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026

Rhymes for supply and demand

• ampersand
• beforehand
• behindhand
• bottomland
• contraband
• countermand
• dixieland
• fairyland
• fatherland
• firebrand
• hinterland
• motherland