demand curve

Cultural

A mathematical curve, drawn on a graph, that represents what the demand for a commodity would be if its price ranged anywhere from zero to infinity. The point at which it intersects the supply curve for the same commodity supposedly establishes the price of the commodity in a free market. (See supply and demand.)

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

demand curve

“The infrastructure is being built ahead of the demand curve, and funding it sustainably will require adding approximately 1% to the annual global GDP growth rate,” they wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

“The worries on the demand curve have been alleviated quite a bit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

“As a regulator, in some ways you never have enough people, but the supply and demand curve is getting a little askew here.”

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

Maybe aggregate demand also falls, but then what happens to price, when you have both the supply curve and the demand curve shifting?

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

Now each of these services Professor Clark considers as a distinct economic good, and he constructs a demand curve for each of them.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester) Anderson

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023