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

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