supply-side

adjective

sup·​ply-side sə-ˈplī-ˈsīd How to pronounce supply-side (audio)
: of, relating to, or being an economic theory that reduction of tax rates encourages more earnings, savings, and investment and thereby expands economic activity and the total taxable national income
supply-sider noun

Examples of supply-side in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But this diagnosis of the child-care market as a simple supply-side problem conflicts with how child-care experts see it. Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 Some of the tech world’s historic problems are down to supply-side cultural blind spots. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 In a world of abundant supply-side options, success often rests on the ability to deliver on customers’ high expectations. Meeri Savolainen, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 Dans kidded Ramos about his lefty politics and regaled him with talk of supply-side economics and Reagan. Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for supply-side 

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Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of supply-side was in 1976

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“Supply-side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supply-side. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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