seller's market

NOUN

advantageous position for those selling

Synonyms

WEAK

bull market bullish market consumer demand land-office business roaring trade short supply steady demand

Example Sentences

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“The main constraint in this quest for AI dominance is access to power, creating a sellers’ market for those with unencumbered, gigawatt-scale generation deliverable in the next 24 months,” wrote John C. Hodulik of UBS.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

"It doesn't feel like a buyers' or sellers' market," she said.

From Reuters • May 17, 2023

So right now, it’s a sellers’ market, and being a cash buyer will allow you to stand out among the rest.

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2022

"The current labour market is a sellers' market, not a buyers' market, meaning jobseekers hold all the cards and it is down to the employers to make themselves as attractive as possible to new talent."

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2022

Did many of them attribute this to the fact that there was a "sellers' market" caused by the conditions over which the individual business man had no control?

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham