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

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As the Biden administration's CHIPS Act revealed, one-time, supply-side incentives are insufficient to support domestic production at scale, especially in the capital-intensive and complex supply chains that fuel downstream growth. Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 Know More The success of Abundance, the book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson that built on their policy reporting, popularized a shorter name for the supply-side progressive movement. David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Earlier on Wednesday, Bank of America Research analysts warned the U.S. labor market was slowing due to supply-side factors including immigration restrictions, which have dampened the pace of hiring and lifted unemployment slightly since earlier this year. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025 Those networks, the Fanatics Advertising Network (FAN) and Sports Video Network (SVN), will function as connections between marketers and advertisers, and sports fans, across digital media and video platforms as a supply-side platform (SSP). Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for supply-side

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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 22 Sep. 2025.

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