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 anyone who took Econ 101 remembers, supply and demand remain the primary influences over consumer prices. —David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025

That has not happened and is unlikely to happen in the coming years due to tight supply and demand. —Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025

But food hubs also have high startup and operational costs, challenges with maintaining a consistent supply and demand and recruiting skilled leadership and staff, and navigating organizational, regulatory and food safety requirements, Perez said. —Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025

To confront vaquita declines, in 2019 the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species established an agreement to help eliminate supply and demand for totoabas and help remove gill nets from the upper Gulf of California. —Ryan Green, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for supply and demand

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