ALL meanings of demand
de·mand
D d - verb demand If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully. 4
- verb demand If you demand something such as information or action, you ask for it in a very forceful way. 3
- countable noun demand A demand is a firm request for something. 3
- uncountable noun demand If you refer to demand, or to the demand for something, you are referring to how many people want to have it, do it, or buy it. 3
- noun plural demand The demands of something or its demands on you are the things which it needs or the things which you have to do for it. 3
- verb demand to request peremptorily or urgently 3
- verb demand to require or need as just, urgent, etc 3
- verb demand to claim as a right; exact 3
- verb demand to make a formal legal claim to (property, esp realty) 3
- noun demand an urgent or peremptory requirement or request 3
- noun demand something that requires special effort or sacrifice 3
- noun demand the act of demanding something or the thing demanded 3
- noun demand an insistent question or query 3
- noun demand willingness and ability to purchase goods and services 3
- noun demand the amount of a commodity that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a specified price 3
- noun demand a formal legal claim, esp to real property 3
- verb transitive demand to ask for boldly or urgently 3
- verb transitive demand to ask for as a right or with authority 3
- verb transitive demand to order to appear; summon 3
- verb transitive demand to ask to know or be informed of 3
- verb transitive demand to call for as necessary; require; need 3
- verb transitive demand to ask relief in court for (what is due one) 3
- intransitive verb demand to make a demand 3
- noun demand the act of demanding 3
- noun demand a thing demanded 3
- noun demand a strong or authoritative request 3
- noun demand an urgent requirement or claim 3
- noun demand a question; query 3
- noun demand the desire for a commodity together with ability to pay for it; also, the amount people are ready and able to buy at a certain price 3
- noun demand a peremptory claim which presupposes no doubt of the claimant's rights 3
- noun demand Demand is the rate at which electric energy is delivered to or by a system, part of a system, or a piece of equipment. 3
- noun demand An insistent and peremptory request, made as if by right. 1
- verb with object demand to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt. 1
- verb with object demand to ask for peremptorily or urgently: He demanded sanctuary. She demanded that we let her in. 1
- verb with object demand to call for or require as just, proper, or necessary: This task demands patience. Justice demands objectivity. 1
- verb with object demand Law. to lay formal legal claim to. to summon, as to court. 1
- verb without object demand to make a demand; inquire; ask. 1
- noun demand the act of demanding. 1
- noun demand something that is demanded. 1
- noun demand an urgent or pressing requirement: demands upon one's time. 1
- noun demand Economics. the desire to purchase, coupled with the power to do so. the quantity of goods that buyers will take at a particular price. 1
- noun demand a requisition; a legal claim: The demands of the client could not be met. 1
- noun demand the state of being wanted or sought for purchase or use: an article in great demand. 1
- noun demand Archaic. inquiry; question. 1
- idioms demand on demand, upon presentation or request for payment: The fee is payable on demand. 1
- transitive verb demand with object: insist on sth 1
- transitive verb demand with clause: insist 1
- transitive verb demand with object: require sth 1
- transitive verb demand with clause: require 1
- verbal expression demand insist on doing sth 1