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demand Definition

de·mand (di mand′, -mänd′)

transitive verb

  1. to ask for boldly or urgently
  2. to ask for as a right or with authority
  3. to order to appear; summon
  4. to ask to know or be informed of
  5. to call for as necessary; require; need the work demands patience
  6. Law to ask relief in court for (what is due one)

Etymology: ME demaunden < OFr demander, to demand < L demandare, to give in charge < de-, away, from + mandare, to entrust: see mandate

intransitive verb

to make a demand

noun

  1. the act of demanding
  2. a thing demanded
  3. a strong or authoritative request
  4. an urgent requirement or claim
  5. Obsolete a question; query
  6. Econ. 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
  7. Law a peremptory claim which presupposes no doubt of the claimant's rights

demand Idioms

in demand

wanted or sought

on demand

when presented for payment

demand Synonyms

demand

n.

  1. A peremptory communication

    order, call, charge, request; see command 1.

  2. Willingness to purchase

    trade, request, sale, bid, need, requirement, interest, vogue, call for, rush, pursuit, search, inquiry, desire to buy, market; see also desire 1.

    Antonyms indifference*, lack of interest, sales resistance.

in demand

sought after, desired, requested; see popular 1, wanted.

on demand

ready, prepared, usable, when requested, when required, when due, payable, collect, C.O.D., on call; see also available, due.

demand Synonyms

demand

v.

  1. To ask

    charge, direct, enjoin; see ask 1, command 1.

  2. To require

    call for, oblige, necessitate; see need, require 2. See syn. study at require.

demand Law Definition

n

v

  1. A claim for money or other relief or the assertion of a legal right.
  2. To claim money or other relief, or assert a legal right.

demand Usage Examples

Object

attention: Sex Tourism Sex tourism is a problem which demands urgent attention.

Converse of object

  • meet: Clay roof tiles meets consumer demand for quality natural house building materials.
  • satisfy: Let's have a balance of shops which satisfies all demands.
  • grow: Growing demand for electronic commerce will cause them to spring up naturally.
  • increase: Local GUM clinics are faced with increasing service demands of around 10 % a year.
  • compete: Is it so difficult to reconcile the competing demands of society and nature?
  • reduce: By recovering textiles, merchants are reducing the demand for virgin resources.

Adjective modifier

  • increased: The big price rises in this country have been because of increased demand in other parts of the world.
  • popular: We repeat the whole thing by popular demand each year.
  • heavy: In the past, powering up these systems required a heavy demand in the number of laser light sources required.
  • domestic: Furthermore, adverse changes in income distribution diminish domestic demand for goods.
  • huge: New talking clock Due to huge demand, RNIB has developed a new cube shaped talking clock.
  • constant: There is a constant demand for properties of a particular standard within the Oxfordshire area.

Modifies a noun

  • forecasting: The Monthly Outlook will help you to increase profitability through improving demand forecasting, reducing wastage and managing staff and labor resources more effectively.
  • curve: The relevance of these exercises is that they are, in effect, tracing out the demand curve for wildlife.
  • elasticity: Students often find subject matter ( which includes: supply and demand elasticity, growth theory and basic numeracy ) dry and sometimes difficult.

Noun used with modifier

  • consumer: Clay roof tiles meets consumer demand for quality natural house building materials.
  • electricity: That is to say you can't switch them on quickly when there is a sudden increase in electricity demand.
  • customer: Some of these services will search out latent customer demand, others will not survive.
  • energy: Fourthly, domestic and business energy conservation programs are very attractive as they reduce energy demand without impairing standard of living.