Pronunciation Noun
demand
- The desire to purchase goods and services.
- Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.
- (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
- A forceful claim for something.
- Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.
- 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.
- An urgent request.
- She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.
- An order.
- (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 interval.
- (a requirement) imposition
- French: demande
- German: Nachfrage
- Italian: domanda, richiesta
- Portuguese: demanda, pedido
- Russian: спрос
- Spanish: demanda
- German: Anspruch
- Italian: richiesta, rivendicazione
- Russian: тре́бование
- Italian: bisogno
- Russian: тре́бование
- Italian: necessità
- French: exige
- Italian: esigenza
- Portuguese: solicitação, demanda
- Russian: тре́бование
- Spanish: exigencia
- Italian: domanda
demand (demands, present participle demanding; past and past participle demanded)
- To request forcefully.
- I demand to see the manager.
- To claim a right to something.
- The bank is demanding the mortgage payment.
- To ask forcefully for information.
- I demand an immediate explanation.
- To require of someone.
- This job demands a lot of patience.
- (legal) To issue a summons to court.
- French: exiger
- German: verlangen, bestehen (auf etwas)
- Italian: esigere, pretendere
- Portuguese: demandar, exigir
- Russian: тре́бовать
- Spanish: exigir, demandar
- Russian: предъявля́ть тре́бование
- Russian: тре́бовать
- Russian: тре́бовать
- Spanish: demandar
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