supply-side

adjective

sup·​ply-side sə-ˈplī-ˈsīd How to pronounce supply-side (audio)
: of, relating to, or being an economic theory that reduction of tax rates encourages more earnings, savings, and investment and thereby expands economic activity and the total taxable national income
supply-sider noun

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Those networks, the Fanatics Advertising Network (FAN) and Sports Video Network (SVN), will function as connections between marketers and advertisers, and sports fans, across digital media and video platforms as a supply-side platform (SSP). Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, BofA’s models suggest that even modest monthly rises in headline CPI will keep year-on-year inflation elevated at 2.9% or higher into December, up from 2.3% to 2.4% in early 2025—an echo, the bank says, of the temporary inflation surges triggered by supply-side shocks during 2007–08. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025 That is a terrible (supply-side) way to define an MVP. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Arthur Laffer, a staunch advocate of supply-side economics, says market forces, not government handouts, are the key to protecting the Texas power grid. John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for supply-side

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First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of supply-side was in 1976

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“Supply-side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supply-side. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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