"seller's market" meaning in All languages combined

See seller's market on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-seller's market.ogg Forms: seller's markets [plural], sellers' markets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|sellers' markets}} seller's market (plural seller's markets or sellers' markets)
  1. (economics, finance, idiomatic) An excess of demand over supply, leading to abnormally high prices; a market condition favoring the seller. Tags: idiomatic Translations (excess of demand over supply): 賣方市場 /卖方市场 (màifāng shìchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), myyjän markkinat (Finnish), rynek sprzedawcy [masculine] (Polish)

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