If the company produces less of a product than the public wants, the 'law of supply and demand' says that the company can charge more for the product.
Doctors are 'in short supply'. [=there are not enough doctors]
The state is trying to disrupt the 'supply' of illegal drugs.
(..) - Erudite. - Yeah. They're here every morning. I've been watching them for weeks. What are they doing at Dauntless? Loading in supplies. Computers. And these. What is it? I think it's some kind of cognitive transmitter. (..)2014 Divergent