demand
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demand/dɪˈmɑːnd/
▶noun
- 1 an insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.
■ (demands) pressing requirements.
- 2 the desire of purchasers, consumers, etc. for a particular commodity or service: a recent slump in demand.
■ insist on having.
■ require; need.
– phrases
in demand sought after.
on demand as soon as or whenever required.
in demand sought after.
on demand as soon as or whenever required.
– derivatives
demander noun.
demander noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. demande (n.), demander (v.), from L. demandare ‘hand over, entrust’.
'demand' also found in these Oxford entries:
aggregate
- ask
- bay
- BOD
- call
- call money
- capitulate
- cater
- charge
- claim
- clamour
- clarion
- consumer
- crave
- cry
- dharna
- disequilibrium
- effective demand
- elastic
- equilibrium
- exact
- exigency
- expostulate
- flagitious
- hold
- hot ticket
- imposition
- inelastic
- inferior
- insist
- margin call
- market
- marketable
- natural
- off-peak
- outstrip
- overheat
- overload
- overstock
- overstrain
- peak
- peak load
- pound
- premium
- promissory note
- push
- ransom
- recourse
- remainder
