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

Those recruits would thus benefit from a competitive market based on supply and demand. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Plagued by a mismatch between supply and demand, the housing sector has helped dampen consumer confidence. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

As such, IaaS is treated as a commodity layer driven by supply and demand, or by price-to-performance ratios, rather than by proprietary features. — Mindaugas Čaplinskas, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Long-duration storage can help balance supply and demand while providing electricity when generation from sources such as solar and wind is unavailable. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for supply and demand

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