demand

== English == === Alternative forms === demaund, demaunde (obsolete) === Etymology === From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈmɑːnd/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈmænd/, /dəˈmænd/ Rhymes: -ɑːnd, -ænd Hyphenation: de‧mand === Noun === demand (countable and uncountable, plural demands) The desire to purchase goods and services. (economics) 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. Antonym: supply A forceful claim for something. A requirement. An urgent request. 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. ==== 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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === demand (third-person singular simple present demands, present participle demanding, simple past and past participle demanded) To request forcefully. To claim a right to something. To ask forcefully for information. To require of someone. (law) To issue a summons to court. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== call for, insist, stipulate (ask strongly): frain ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Dedman, Madden, damned, madden, manded