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

Closing the gap between supply and demand requires expanding both our power supply and the infrastructure that delivers it. — H. Russell Frisby, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2026

Dairy farmers sell into commodity markets where prices are largely determined by global supply and demand, while essential inputs such as feed, fuel and fertilizer costs are driven by many of those same external forces. — Jeff Tkach, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

But the dynamic pricing policy means subscribers could see price changes more frequently, depending on how SpaceX measures supply and demand. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026

Home building plummeted in California and the law of supply and demand ruled. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for supply and demand

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