demand

English

Alternative forms

• demaund, demaunde (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French demander.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd
• (RP) IPA: /dɪˈmɑːnd/, X-SAMPA: /dI"mA:nd/
• (GenAm) IPA: /dɪˈmænd/, X-SAMPA: /dI"m{nd/

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Noun

Wikipedia demand (plural demands)

1. The desire to purchase goods and services.

   Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.

2. (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
3. A need.

   There is a demand for voluntary health workers in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia.

4. A claim for something.

   Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.

5. A requirement.

   His job makes many demands on his time.

6. An urgent request.

   She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.

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.

Usage notes

One can also make demands on someone.

• See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of demand collocated with these words.

Synonyms

• (a requirement): imposition

Derived terms

demand-driven in demand

on demand

Translations

desire to purchase goods and services

• Arabic: طلب (ar) (ṭalab) m
• Bashkir: һорау (ba) (horaw)
• Bulgarian: търсене (bg) (tǎrsene) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 需求 (cmn) (xūqiú)

• Czech: poptávka (cs) f
• Danish: efterspørgsel (da)
• Dutch: vraag (nl)
• Finnish: kysyntä (fi), menekki (fi)
• French: demande (fr) f
• German: Nachfrage (de) f
• Hebrew: ביקוש (he) (bikúsh) m

• Hungarian: kereslet (hu)
• Japanese: 需要 (ja) (じゅよう, juyō)
• Korean: 수요 (ko) (suyo) (需要 (ko))
• Norwegian: etterspørsel (no) m
• Portuguese: demanda (pt), pedido (pt) f
• Romanian: cerere (ro)
• Russian: спрос (ru) (spros) m, потребность (ru) (potrébnostʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas (gd) m, fèill (gd) f
• Slovene: povpraševanje (sl) n
• Swedish: efterfrågan (på)
• Telugu: పొందగోరు (te) (pondagoru)

economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price

• Bashkir: һорау (ba) (horaw)
• Finnish: kysyntä (fi)

• Russian: спрос (ru) (spros) m, потребность (ru) (potrébnostʹ) f

need

• Finnish: tarve (fi)
• Hungarian: igény (hu)

• Russian: нужда (ru) (nuždá) f, необходимость (ru) (neobxodímostʹ) f, потребность (ru) (potrébnostʹ) f

claim for something

• Bulgarian: потребност (bg) (potrebnost) f
• Dutch: eis (nl)
• Esperanto: postulo (eo)
• Finnish: vaatimus (fi)
• Hebrew: דרישה (he) (d'rishá) f

• Hungarian: követelés (hu)
• Norwegian: behov (no) n
• Russian: требование (ru) (trébovanije) n, иск (ru) (isk) m, претензия (ru) (pretɛ́nzija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas (gd) m

requirement

• Finnish: vaatimus (fi)

• Russian: требование (ru) (trébovanije) n

urgent request

• Finnish: vaatimus (fi)

order

• Danish: krav (da)
• Finnish: vaatimus (fi)
• French: exige (fr)
• Hungarian: követelés (hu)
• Norwegian: krav (no) n

• Portuguese: solicitação (pt), demanda (pt) m
• Russian: требование (ru) (trébovanije) n
• Slovene: zahteva (sl) f
• Telugu: ఆనతి (te) (anati)

measure of the maximum power load

• Finnish: maksimikysyntä (fi)

• Norwegian: behov (no) n

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• Spanish: demanda f, exigencia f

Verb

demand (third-person singular simple present demands, present participle demanding, simple past and past participle demanded)

1. To request forcefully.

   I demand to see the manager.

2. To claim a right to something.

   The bank is demanding the mortgage payment.

3. To ask forcefully for information.

   I demand an immediate explanation.

4. To require of someone.

   This job demands a lot of patience.

5. (law) To issue a summons to court.

Synonyms

• insist
• (ask strongly): frain

Translations

to request forcefully

• Arabic: طلب (ar) (ṭálaba) (imperfect: يطلب (ar) (yaṭlubu))
• Bulgarian: искам (bg) (iskam), изисквам (bg) (iziskvam)
• Catalan: exigir
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 要求 (cmn) (yāoqiú), 需要 (cmn) (xūyào), 索取 (cmn) (suǒqǔ)

• Danish: kræve (da)
• Dutch: eisen (nl), opeisen (nl)
• Faroese: krevja (fo)
• Finnish: vaatia (fi), tivata (fi), tiukata (fi)
• French: exiger (fr)
• German: verlangen (de), bestehen (de) (auf etwas)
• Hebrew: דרש (he) (darásh)
• Hindi: मांगना (hi) (māṅgnā)

• Hungarian: követel (hu)
• Icelandic: heimta (is), krefja (is), útheimta (is)
• Italian: esigere (it), pretendere (it)
• Japanese: 要求する (ja) (ようきゅうする, yōkyū surú), 要する (ja) (ようする, yō surú)
• Norwegian: forlange (no), kreve (no)
• Portuguese: demandar (pt), exigir (pt)
• Romanian: cere (ro)
• Russian: требовать (ru) (trébovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr (gd)
• Spanish: exigir (es)
• Swedish: kräva (sv)
• Telugu: నిర్భంధించు (te) (nirbhamdhincu)
• Turkish: istek (tr), talep (tr)

to claim a right to something

• Finnish: vaatia (fi)
• Russian: предъявлять требование (ru) (predʺjavljátʹ trébovanije), предъявлять иск (ru) (predʺjavljátʹ isk), требовать (ru) (trébovatʹ)

to ask forcefully for information

• Finnish: vaatia (fi)

• Russian: требовать (ru) (trébovatʹ)

to require of someone

• Finnish: vaatia (fi)

• Russian: требовать (ru) (trébovatʹ)

law: to issue a summons to court

• Finnish: haastaa (fi)

Anagrams

• damned
• madden