| demand | |
| 1. n. The desire to purchase goods and services. | |
| Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply. | |
| 2. n. (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price. | |
| 3. n. A forceful claim for something. | |
| Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality. | |
| 4. n. A requirement. | |
| His job makes many demands on his time. | |
| There is a demand for voluntary health workers in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia. | |
| 5. n. An urgent request. | |
| She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention. | |
| 6. n. An order. | |
| 7. n. (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 i | |
| 8. v. To request forcefully. | |
| I demand to see the manager. | |
| 9. v. To claim a right to something. | |
| The bank is demanding the mortgage payment. | |
| 10. v. To ask forcefully for information. | |
| I demand an immediate explanation. | |
| 11. v. To require of someone. | |
| This job demands a lot of patience. | |
| 12. v. (legal) To issue a summons to court. | |
