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 problem runs deeper than simple supply and demand. —Nia Bowers, USA Today, 30 June 2025

Start With Demand Every marketplace has two sides: supply and demand. —Bharath Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

Oil prices have fallen nearly 14% over the past two days, reflecting a market reassessment of the supply and demand fundamentals. —CNBC, 25 June 2025

And the supply and demand curve has unprecedentedly pushed the price of every franchise up more than 100% over the last 12 months; even Atlanta, at the bottom of the list with a $165 million valuation, is up 203%. —Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 June 2025

Rhymes for supply and demand

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