Demand

Noun

 * 1) The desire to purchase goods and services.
 * 2)  The amount of a good or service that a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price.
 * 3) A need.
 * 4) A claim for something.
 * 5) A requirement.
 * 6) An urgent request.
 * 7) An order.
 * 8) (electric) the 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

 * 1) To request forcefully.
 * 2) To claim a right to something.
 * 3) To ask forcefully for information.
 * 4) To require of someone.
 * 5)  To issue a summons to court.

Adjectives for Demand
ceaseless; incessant; insistent; constant ever-increasing; rapid; mounting; growing overwhelming; unabated; uncompromising intransigent; persistent; obstinate; stern strong; extreme; shouted; clamorous; roaring; exorbitant; modern; intermittent; inevitable; inescapable; irresistible; general; consistent; fluctuating; exigent; imperious: peremptory; vehement; exacting; outrageous; blustering; unfortunate; unjust; unfair; relentless; surly; impossible; arrogant; abnormal; excessive; enlarged; unlimited; important; normal; human; social; industrial; consumer; decorative; popular; peculiar; multitudinous (plural); ever-changing; diminishing; emotional; unique; concrete; embarrassing; sufficient; immediate; preparatory; half-resentful; half-appealing; urgent; brusque; imaginative; craving; immense; inadmissable; definite; worthy; unprecedented; voiced; authoritative; effectual; fanatical; earnest; unsatisfied; insidious; widespread; essential; renewed; complex; paternal; insulting; nervous; remorseless; uproarious; intense; importunate; voluntary; unreasonable; necessary; explicit; widening; infrequent (plrual) ; temporary; never-ending; feverish; unheeded; logical; sternest; tremendous; live; nationwide; huge; terrific; steady; gigantic; additional; ridiculous; temporal; emphatic; exaggerated; transient; continuing; unconditional; audacious; progressive; monstrous; arbitrary.

Verbs for Demand
accede to—; accomplish—; acquiesce in—; agree to—; attend—; besiege with—s; browbeat with—s; clarify—; comply with—; confront with—; create—; deny—; divine—; dwarf—; echo—; evoke—; fulfill —; grant—; ignore—; indulge—; meet—; obey—; parry—; press—; reiterate—; reject—; respond to—; satisfy—; stabilize—; supply—; thunder—; unite in—; utter—; voice—; wake to—; yield to—; — astounds; —diminishes; —grows.

Synonyms for Demand

 * imposition
 * request, solicit, charge, ask, levy, order, seek, supplicate,require, want, beg, beseech, crave, implore,.
 * request, solicit, charge, ask, levy, order, seek, supplicate,require, want, beg, beseech, crave, implore,.

Antonyms for Demand
tender, present, offer, give, grant, reply.

Derived terms
demand-driven; in demand; on demand

Thesaurus
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, 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,

Alternative forms

 * demaund, demaunde

Etymology
From demander.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/dI"m{nd/}}
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 * , {{SAMPA|/dI"m{nd/}}

Noun

 * Arabic: التبرع
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: efterspørgsel
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ביקוש
 * Hungarian:


 * Korean: 수요 (sooyo)
 * Norwegian: etterspørsel
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: спрос
 * Scottish Gaelic:, fèill
 * Slovene: povpraševanje
 * Swedish: efterfrågan (på)
 * Telugu: పొందగోరు


 * Bulgarian: потребност
 * Esperanto:
 * Hebrew: דרישה
 * Hungarian: követelés


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: требование
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: követelés
 * Norwegian:


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: требование
 * Slovene:
 * Telugu: ఆనతి


 * Norwegian:

Verb

 * Arabic: (imperfect middle vowel: u)
 * Bulgarian:, изисквам
 * Catalan: exigir
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: kræve
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: vaatia, tivata, tiukata
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: मांगना


 * Hungarian: követel
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 要求する,
 * Norwegian: forlange, kreve
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: iarr
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kräva
 * Telugu: నిర్భంధించు
 * Turkish: ,

Anagrams

 * damned
 * madden