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seller's market

seller's market noun: an excess of demand over supply, leading to abnormally high prices; a market condition favoring the seller.

Noun

seller's market (plural seller's markets or sellers' markets)

  1. (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.

Forms of seller's market

pluralseller's markets
pluralsellers' markets

Questions about seller's market

What does seller's market mean?
Seller's market means an excess of demand over supply, leading to abnormally high prices; a market condition favoring the seller.
What part of speech is seller's market?
Seller's market is a noun.
What is the plural of seller's market?
The plural of seller's market is seller's markets.

Words near seller's market in the dictionary

  1. Sellecks
  2. selled
  3. sellee
  4. sellees
  5. seller
  6. seller's market
  7. seller's markets
  8. Seller's Pack
  9. seller's remorse
  10. sellers
  11. sellers' markets

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