demand

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The desire to purchase goods and services.
2. (countable, uncountable) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
3. (countable, uncountable) A forceful claim for something.
4. (countable, uncountable) A requirement.
5. (countable, uncountable) An urgent request.
6. (countable, uncountable) An order.
7. (countable, uncountable) 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

1. To request forcefully.
2. To claim a right to something.
3. To ask forcefully for information.
4. To require of someone.
5. To issue a summons to court.

Synonyms

request

claim

require

ask

ask for

requirement

need

call

postulate

exact

want

beg

call for

petition

order

necessitate

appeal

sale

necessity

urge

pray

🛐

press

invite

wish

requisition

question

❓

pretension

take

summon

solicit

application

desire

prayer

insist

command

charge

decree

supplication

bid

govern

expect

dictate

occasion

summons

wish for

reclaim

quote

prescribe

plea

involve

Translations

demande

demander

exiger

verlangen

Nachfrage

domanda

❓

fordern

demanda

richiesta

Forderung

esigere

طلب

exigir

vraag

❓

eisen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈmɑːnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: demaunden

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Proto-Italic *manuðō
Latin mandō
Latin dēmandō
Old French demanderbor.
Middle English demaunden
English demand
From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre.