supply
Definition
The total amount of a good or service available for purchase; along with demand, one of the two key determinants of price.
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Related Terms
law of supply, backward integration, buyer's market, command economy, free enterprise, money supply, economics, elasticity, equilibrium price, monopoly, oligopoly
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