seller's market

English

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Noun

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.

   Pay any price you have to. We're in a seller's market right now.

Related terms

• buyer's market
• seller
• market

Translations

excess of demand over supply

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賣方市場／卖方市场, 卖方市场 (màifāng shìchǎng)

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• Finnish: myyjän markkinat