demand

  • (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.