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Definition
Supply and demand for a good or service.
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How it's used
Primarily used in economic or formal business contexts, this term functions as a compound noun representing the interplay between availability and consumer desire. While it appears in professional discussions, it is also frequently used in news reports or casual analysis of market trends. It is rarely used to describe personal needs or small scale exchanges.
Examples
The supply and demand relationship in the market is hard to predict.
Related words
Common phrases
supply and demand relationship
supply and demand equilibrium
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
