Idiom
seller's market
Meaning
An excess of demand over supply, leading to abnormally high prices; a market condition favoring the seller.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It's a seller's market, so houses sell fast now.”
“With so few apartments available, it's definitely a seller's market, and landlords can charge what they want.”
“The sudden shortage of microchips created a seller's market, allowing manufacturers to raise prices dramatically while buyers had little choice but to pay.”
Examples
simple
“It's a seller's market, so houses sell fast now.”
contextual
“With so few apartments available, it's definitely a seller's market, and landlords can charge what they want.”
complex
“The sudden shortage of microchips created a seller's market, allowing manufacturers to raise prices dramatically while buyers had little choice but to pay.”
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