Demand
[dɪ'mɑːnd] or [dɪ'mænd]
Definition
(noun.) the act of demanding; 'the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money'.
(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'.
(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.) claim as due or just; 'The bank demanded payment of the loan'.
(verb.) ask to be informed of; 'I demand an explanation'.
(verb.) summon to court.
(verb.) lay legal claim to.
Checker: Phyllis--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.
(v. t.) To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
(v. t.) To call into court; to summon.
(v. i.) To make a demand; to inquire.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Earnest inquiry; question; query.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.
(v. t.) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
(v. t.) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person.
(v. t.) A thing or amount claimed to be due.
Checker: Louie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Claim, require, exact, challenge, call for, ask for.
v. n. Ask, inquire, make inquiry.
n. [1]. Claim, requisition, requirement, exaction.[2]. Want, call, desire to obtain.[3]. Question, inquiry, interrogation.
Checked by Bianca
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Claim, require, ask_for, call_for, insist
ANT:Disclaim, waive, forego, petition, request, supplicate
Checked by Janice
Definition
v.t. to claim: to ask earnestly or authoritatively: to call for: to question.—n. the asking for what is due: an asking for with authority: a claim: earnest inquiry.—adj. Demand′able that may be demanded.—n. Demand′ant one who demands: a plaintiff:—fem. Demand′ress.—In great demand much sought after.
Typist: Osborn
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that a demand for charity comes in upon you, denotes that you will be placed in embarrassing situations, but by your persistency you will fully restore your good standing. If the demand is unjust, you will become a leader in your profession. For a lover to command you adversely, implies his, or her, leniency.
Typist: Phil
Examples
- I demand again to know from thee thy business with Brian de Bois-Guilbert? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Art is again the answer to this demand. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The surplus part of them, therefore, must be sent abroad, and exchanged for something for which there is a demand at home. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But there are, and the demand is steadily increasing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The socialist demand for a better distribution of wealth is of great consequence, but without a change in the very nature of labor society will not have achieved the happiness it expects. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I would almost rather die than let you leave me just now, without speaking the word I demand. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I had always been his favorite among the younger generation of Carters and so I hastened to comply with his demand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It, too, demands understanding and direction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The East came to the Western capitals with perplexing demands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The size of their following, the intensity of their demands are a fair index of what the statesman must think about. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Their development demands continuous alternation and readjustment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was a profound observation when Bernard Shaw said that men dread liberty because of the bewildering responsibility it imposes and the uncommon alertness it demands. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mrs Lammle demands. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His design for that great work demanded a prelude of splendour and tranquillity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But those who like Peter Featherstone never had a copy of themselves demanded, are the very last to wait for such a request either in prose or verse. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But when necessity demanded, he could be firm as adamant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Jacques Three demanded how he afterwards recognised him then? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The giant, steam, demanded and received the obeisance of every art before devoting his inexhaustible strength to their service. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hannah, on the contrary, demanded no respect, only flattery. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Shrinking to the furthest corner of the seat, he demanded to know what they wanted there. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All of these details received Mr. Edison's personal care and consideration on the spot, in addition to the multitude of other affairs demanding his thought. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At midnight a number of them came thundering at our door, demanding more rum, of which we took no notice. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- That there was any Fancy in them demanding to be brought into healthy existence instead of struggling on in convulsions? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- By demanding payment of the bank, the owner of a bank credit would lose this premium. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thus constant devotion to pursuits strenuously demanding labour-saving devices evolved a race of keen inventors and mechanics. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The one great outrage of her life, demanding to be constantly avenged, was the passage of a donkey over that immaculate spot. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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