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Demand   /dɪmˈænd/   Listen
noun
Demand  n.  
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. "The demand (is) by the word of the holy ones." "He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them."
2.
Earnest inquiry; question; query.
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. "In 1678 came forth a second edition (Pilgrim's Progress) with additions; and then the demand became immense."
4.
That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.
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.
In demand, in request; being much sought after.
On demand, upon presentation and request of payment.


verb
Demand  v. t.  (past & past part. demanded; pres. part. demanding)  
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. "This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee."
2.
To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. "I did demand what news from Shrewsbury."
3.
To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
4.
(Law) To call into court; to summon.


Demand  v. i.  To make a demand; to inquire. "The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do?"





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"Demand" Quotes from Famous Books



... be briefly told. The position of the Greeks, much more than a thousand miles from their country, in the heart of an empire filled with foes, and in the presence of a vast hostile army, seemed hopeless. Yet they refused to surrender at the demand of the king. They were victors, not defeated men; why should they surrender? "If the king wants our arms, let him come and try to take them," they said. "Our arms are all the treasure we have left; we shall not be fools enough to hand them over to you, ...
— Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris
... a throat tense with uncontrollable rage. It was couched in language never used to her before, and caused the woman to stagger back. She was about to demand an apology, when Theodore flung out of the room and ...
— Rose O'Paradise • Grace Miller White
... letting her grow up with ideas of gentility, which in her case would mean nothing but uselessness? She must support herself, sooner or later, and it won't be with her brains. I've seriously thought of making that suggestion to Mrs. Abbott. Ten years hence, a sensible woman cook will demand her own price, and be a good deal more respected than a dressmaker or a she-clerk. The stomach is very powerful in bringing people to common-sense. When all the bricklayers' daughters are giving piano lessons, and it's next ...
— The Whirlpool • George Gissing
... has more than 20% of the world's known nickel resources. In recent years, the economy has suffered because of depressed international demand for nickel, the principal source of export earnings. Only a negligible amount of the land is suitable for cultivation, and food accounts for ...
— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... Maunday Thursday Christ Himself was laid in the sepulchre, an old rood loft, too, certain ancient screens complete, a little ancient glass. What more can a man want or at least expect from England of my heart? And if he demand something more curious and more rare, at Horn's Place, not a mile away, is a perfect chapel of the fifteenth century which served of old some great steading, where, for a hundred years Mass was perhaps said every day and the ...
— England of My Heart--Spring • Edward Hutton


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