All demand synonyms
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D d noun demand
- claim β If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- requirement β that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- use β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- sale β the act of selling.
- trade β the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- application β An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
- call β a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
- interest β the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- insistence β the act or fact of insisting.
- need β a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- appeal β If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- plea β an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
- lien β the spleen.
- stipulation β a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- want β to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- prayer β a person who prays.
- arrogation β to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
- imposition β the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- requisition β the act of requiring or demanding.
- inquiry β a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
- suit β a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- clamor β If people are clamoring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way.
- petition β a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- necessity β something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- bid β A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- interrogation β the act of interrogating; questioning.
- pursuit β the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- bidding β an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone's bidding)
- search β to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- ultimatum β a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a dispute, the rejection of which may lead to a severance of relations or to the use of force.
- supplication β an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- command β If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- occasion β a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- vogue β something in fashion, as at a particular time: Short hairdos were the vogue in the twenties.
- importunity β the state or quality of being importunate; persistence in solicitation.
- solicitation β the act of soliciting.
verb demand
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- require β to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
- request β the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- stipulate β to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- ask β If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.