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

Because all that happens is, people don’t realize that our business is supply and demand. — Larry Holder, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Salary increases reflect changes in the supply and demand for labor, which can be caused by demographic trends, labor participation rates, technological advances and growth in productivity. — John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

It’s driven by supply and demand, and what traders, refiners and other buyers are willing to pay. — Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Apple has already raised many of its products’ prices in the face of a global mismatch between supply and demand for memory. — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026

Rhymes for supply and demand

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