demand
Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɑːnd/
The English word “demand” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- The desire to purchase goods and services.
- The market force that causes buyers to be both willing and able to buy a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently salable at any given price point; the amount itself.
- A forceful claim for something.
- A requirement.
- An urgent request.
- An order.
- 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.
verb
- To request forcefully.
- To claim a right to something.
- To ask forcefully for information.
- To require of someone.
- To issue a summons to court.
Etymology
From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”).
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