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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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But while supply-side incentives play a critical role in leveling the playing field (especially given the enormous scale of manufacturing in locations such as Taiwan), more is needed to create the demand-side incentives to help companies bring the demand back onshore. Thomas Caulfield, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025 On Wall Street, after the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit fresh record highs on Wednesday, Nov. 12, the momentum reversed sharply Thursday as AI stocks led a tech sell-off, triggered by growing investor anxiety over supply-side constraints. Benzinga, Freep.com, 15 Nov. 2025 Republican governments, too, have similarly undertaken supply-side reforms. Joseph Lawler, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2025 We are stuck in a pattern where the Democratic Party has bought into an agenda over the course of forty years that has also bought into supply-side economics and the general neoliberal vision of how things go. David Remnick, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for supply-side

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First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 5 Dec. 2025.

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