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- (noun): The desire to purchase goods and services.
- (noun): The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
- (noun): A forceful claim for something.
- (noun): A requirement.
- (noun): An urgent request.
- (noun): An order.
- (noun): (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.
- (verb): To request forcefully.
- (verb): To claim a right to something.
- (verb): To ask forcefully for information.
- (verb): To require of someone.
- (verb): To issue a summons to court.
- Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.
- Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.
- His job makes many demands on his time.
- She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.
- I demand to see the manager.