'Demand' definitions:
Definition of 'demand'
(from WordNet)
noun
An urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing"
noun
The ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply" [ant: supply]
noun
Required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time" [syn: requirement, demand]
noun
The act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"
noun
A condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" [syn: need, demand]
verb
Request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager"
verb
Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of]
verb
Claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" [syn: demand, exact]
verb
Lay legal claim to
verb
Summon to court
verb
Ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation"
Definition of 'Demand'
From: GCIDE
- Demand \De*mand"\, v. i. To make a demand; to inquire. [1913 Webster]
- The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? --Luke iii. 14. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Demand'
From: GCIDE
- Demand \De*mand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Demanding.] [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. Mandate, Commend.]
- 1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. [1913 Webster]
- This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. [1913 Webster]
- I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) To call into court; to summon. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Demand'
From: GCIDE
- Demand \De*mand"\, n. [F. demande, fr. demander. See Demand, v. t.]
- 1. The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand. [1913 Webster]
- The demand [is] by the word of the holy ones. --Dan. iv. 17. [1913 Webster]
- He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Earnest inquiry; question; query. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand. [1913 Webster]
- In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and then the demand became immense. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Law) (a) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. (b) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person. (c) A thing or amount claimed to be due. [1913 Webster]
- In demand, in request; being much sought after.
- On demand, upon presentation and request of payment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'demand'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- admission,
- admission fee,
- anchorage,
- application,
- apply for,
- appoint,
- appurtenance,
- ask,
- ask a question,
- ask about,
- ask for,
- ask questions,
- asking,
- assess,
- at once,
- authority,
- authorize,
- bare necessities,
- be hurting for,
- be indicated,
- beg leave,
- behest,
- bespeak,
- bid,
- bid come,
- bill of sale,
- birthright,
- blackmail,
- bone of contention,
- bother,
- bring into question,
- brokerage,
- brook no denial,
- burden with,
- burdening,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call for,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call out,
- call together,
- call up,
- carfare,
- catechism,
- cellarage,
- challenge,
- charge,
- charge for,
- charges,
- charging,
- cite,
- claim,
- clamor for,
- coerce,
- command,
- compel,
- conjugal right,
- conjure,
- conjure up,
- constrain,
- convene,
- convoke,
- cover charge,
- coveted,
- crave,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- cry for,
- cry out for,
- debating point,
- demand for,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- desirable,
- desire,
- desired,
- dictate,
- direct,
- divine right,
- dockage,
- doing,
- droit,
- due,
- dues,
- enjoin,
- enquire,
- entrance fee,
- essential,
- essentials,
- evoke,
- exact,
- exaction,
- exactment,
- expressed desire,
- extort,
- extortion,
- faculty,
- fail,
- fare,
- fasten upon,
- fee,
- feeler,
- file for,
- force,
- freight with,
- freighting,
- have occasion for,
- hire,
- immediately,
- impetration,
- impose,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- imposing an onus,
- imposition,
- in demand,
- inalienable right,
- inconsiderateness,
- inconvenience,
- indent,
- indispensable,
- inflict on,
- inflict upon,
- infliction,
- inquire,
- inquire of,
- inquiry,
- insist,
- insist on,
- insistence,
- interest,
- interpellate,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- invoke,
- issue,
- issue an ultimatum,
- lack,
- lay,
- lay down,
- lay on,
- laying on,
- leader,
- leading question,
- leave no option,
- levy,
- license fee,
- loading,
- loading down,
- make a demand,
- make a request,
- make a requisition,
- make application,
- make dutiable,
- make inquiry,
- make obligatory,
- market,
- marketability,
- mass market,
- moot point,
- must,
- must item,
- muster,
- muster up,
- natural right,
- necessaries,
- necessitate,
- necessities,
- necessity,
- need,
- need for,
- needed,
- oblige,
- obtrusiveness,
- occasion,
- on call,
- on demand,
- order,
- order up,
- outcry,
- outlet,
- page,
- petition,
- pilotage,
- place,
- place an order,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- popular,
- portage,
- postulate,
- power,
- preconize,
- prerequire,
- prerequirement,
- prerequisite,
- prerogative,
- prescribe,
- prescription,
- presumptive right,
- presumptuousness,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pro rata,
- problem,
- proper claim,
- property right,
- propose a question,
- propound a question,
- prorate,
- put,
- put down,
- put in for,
- put in requisition,
- put on,
- put queries,
- put upon,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- quodlibet,
- recall,
- rend from,
- rending,
- request,
- require,
- require an answer,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- requisition,
- retail,
- right,
- ripping,
- saddle with,
- sale,
- salvage,
- scot,
- scot and lot,
- screw,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- set,
- shot,
- solicit,
- stick for,
- storage,
- subject to,
- subpoena,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- summons,
- take,
- take doing,
- take no denial,
- task,
- tasking,
- tax,
- taxing,
- tear from,
- tearing,
- the necessary,
- the needful,
- tie-in,
- tithe,
- title,
- toll,
- topic,
- towage,
- trial balloon,
- trouble,
- turnover,
- unwarranted demand,
- use,
- vested interest,
- vested right,
- vexed question,
- want,
- want doing,
- want to know,
- wanted,
- warn,
- weight down with,
- weighting,
- wharfage,
- whistle for,
- wholesale,
- wish,
- without delay,
- wrench,
- wrench from,
- wrenching,
- wrest,
- wresting,
- wring,
- wring from,
- wringing,
- yoke with