Demand

Word DEMAND
Character 6
Hyphenation de mand
Pronunciations /dɪˈmɑːnd/

Definitions and meanings of "Demand"

What do we mean by demand?

To ask for urgently or peremptorily. intransitive verb

To claim as just or due. intransitive verb

To ask to be informed of. intransitive verb

To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for. intransitive verb

To lay legal claim to; claim formally. intransitive verb

To ask that (something) be done in accordance with a legal requirement. intransitive verb

To make a demand. intransitive verb

An act of demanding; an urgent request. noun

Something demanded. noun

An urgent requirement or need. noun

The state of being sought after. noun

The desire for goods or services in an economy, measured as the amount people are ready to buy at a given price. noun

A formal claim. noun

A request that some act be done or payment made in accordance with a legal requirement. noun

An emphatic question or inquiry. noun

(on demand) When presented for payment. idiom

(on demand) When needed or asked for. idiom

To ask or require as by right or authority, or as that to which one has some valid claim; lay claim to; exact: as, parents demand obedience; what price do you demand?

The desire to purchase goods and services.

The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.

A forceful claim for something.

A requirement.

An urgent request.

An order.

(electricity supply) More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Demand

The word "demand" in example sentences

Notes payable _on demand_, or in which no time of payment is mentioned, are due immediately, and no demand of payment is necessary. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

_that_, but you could not know the awful, the horrid threat he held out to me, if I did not comply with his demand -- ay, _demand_ for an immediate union? ❋ S. C. Hall (1840)

Econ 101 teaches that the monopoly profit maximizing response to a decrease in demand is to reduce quantity supplied, but not ordinarily enough to completely maintain the price. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This divergence in demand is driven mainly by differences in ethnic preferences, economic and cultural integration, and demographics. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When the decline in demand is permanent, such as it is in Detroit, then housing will be torn down so that the land can be put to better use. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Over the next decade, China's annual grain demand is likely to reach 573 million tons, which is above its current production levels. ❋ Chuin-Wei Yap (2010)

Consequently, any rise in demand is likely to be met by increasing imports. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Of course it has no support from the Democratic leadership because they have listened to the economists and common sense that any increase in demand is going to result in an increase in cost. ❋ Unknown (2008)

: D close to it actually, the number one rule for actors in demand is chose your projects wisely. you might also think about why she would not want to relocate ---- think: other work opportunities. blog comments powered by Disqus ❋ Unknown (2007)

Meeting that small increase in demand is disproportionately expensive, because the extra generating capacity is usually more polluting and less efficient than the normal plants. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In any event, in a basic economic sense, the term demand refers to the number of units purchased at a specific price point. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Part of that decrease in demand is due to a higher level of average income in that "territory" so that fewer students can show that they cannot afford to go elsewhere, a requisite for admission. ❋ Unknown (2003)

With little prospect for significant increases in demand from the resource sector, we must look to the manufacturing sector and its related service activities to absorb these people. ❋ Unknown (1979)

No question, the demand is there: in 2008/09 Ontario will fund 1,660 patients for out-of-country bariatric services at $10,000 a pop - with virtually no pre-assessment or long-term follow-up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Interactivity demands more sophisticated AI to do this but the demand is there because game script can already be massive compared to a feature film. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not everybody, not PC users, but the demand is there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Probably a small percentage but, here again, the demand is here. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The search for quality options in a city where the supply can't possibly meet the demand is an arduous one, fraught with obstacles and uncertainty. ❋ Liz Willen (2010)

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