"supply and demand" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} supply and demand (uncountable)
  1. (economics) A capitalistic model of price determination in a market, according to which, holding all else equal in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will eventually settle at a point where the quantity demanded will equal the quantity supplied (at the current price). Wikipedia link: supply and demand Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Translations (economic model of pricing): الْعَرْض وَالْطَلَب (al-ʕarḍ wa-l-ṭalab) [masculine] (Arabic), առաջարկ եւ պահանջարկ (aṙaǰark ew pahanǰark) (Armenian), oferta i demanda [feminine] (Catalan), 供需 (gōngxū) (Chinese Mandarin), 供求 (gōngqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), 供求關係 (Chinese Mandarin), 供求关系 (gōngqiú guānxì) (Chinese Mandarin), nabídka a poptávka [feminine] (Czech), udbud og efterspørgsel (Danish), vraag en aanbod (Dutch), mendado kaj ofertado (Esperanto), kysyntä ja tarjonta (Finnish), offre et demande [feminine] (French), l’offre et la demande (French), მოთხოვნა და მიწოდება (motxovna da mic̣odeba) (Georgian), Angebot und Nachfrage (German), היצע וביקוש (hetséa uvikúsh) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), kereslet-kínálat (Hungarian), framboð og eftirspurn (Icelandic), soláthar agus éileamh (Irish), demanda e offerta [feminine] (Italian), 需給 (jukyū) (alt: じゅきゅう) (Japanese), 수급 (sugeup) (alt: 需給) (Korean), piedāvājums un pieprasījums [masculine] (Latvian), permintaan dan penawaran (Malay), эрэлт нийлүүлэлт (erelt niilüülelt) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), нийлүүлэлт ба хэрэгцээ (niilüülelt ba xeregcee) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), tilbud og etterspørsel (Norwegian Bokmål), podaż i popyt (Polish), oferta e procura [feminine] (Portuguese), cerere și ofertă (Romanian), oferta y demanda [feminine] (Spanish), utbud och efterfrågan (Swedish), katustusan at kahingian (Tagalog), tustos at hingi (Tagalog), arz ve talep (Turkish), arz talep (Turkish), cung cầu (Vietnamese), cyflenwad a galw (Welsh)

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      "sense": "economic model of pricing"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "economic model of pricing",
      "word": "cung cầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "economic model of pricing",
      "word": "cyflenwad a galw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "supply and demand"
}

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