demand

(dĭ-măndˈ)

1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily: demand an investigation into the murder; demanding that he leave immediately; demanded to speak to the manager.
2. To claim as just or due: demand repayment of a loan.
3. To ask to be informed of: I demand a reason for this interruption.
4. To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for: a gem that demands a fine setting.
5. Law
   a. To summon to court.
   b. To claim formally; lay legal claim to.

1. The act of demanding.
2. Something demanded: granted the employees' demands.
3. An urgent requirement or need: the heavy demands of her job; the emotional demands of his marriage; an increased oxygen demand.
4. The state of being sought after: in great demand as a speaker.
5. Economics
   a. The desire to possess a commodity or make use of a service, combined with the ability to purchase it.
   b. The amount of a commodity or service that people are ready to buy for a given price: Supply should rise to meet demand.
6. Computer Science A coding technique in which a command to read or write is initiated as the need for a new block of data occurs, thus eliminating the need to store data.
7. Law A formal claim.
8. Archaic An emphatic question or inquiry.

Related Forms:

• de·mandˈa·ble adjective

• de·mandˈer noun