DEMAND
\dɪmˈand], \dɪmˈand], \d_ɪ_m_ˈa_n_d]\
Definitions of DEMAND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing"
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the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"
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claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
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ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation"
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summon to court
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lay legal claim to
By Princeton University
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an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing"
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the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"
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claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
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ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation"
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summon to court
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.
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To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
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To call into court; to summon.
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To make a demand; to inquire.
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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.
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Earnest inquiry; question; query.
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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.
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That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.
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The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
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The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person.
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A thing or amount claimed to be due.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.
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To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
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To call into court; to summon.
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To make a demand; to inquire.
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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.
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Earnest inquiry; question; query.
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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.
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That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.
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The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
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The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person.
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A thing or amount claimed to be due.
By Noah Webster.
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To claim; to exact; to question; summon; require.
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To inquire by authority.
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Authoritative claim; an imperative request; the state of being sought after; as, coal is in great demand.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To claim: to ask earnestly or authoritatively: to call for: to question.
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The asking for what is due: an asking for with authority: a claim: earnest inquiry.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To claim as due; insist upon; need; require; make claim.
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The act of demanding, or that which is demanded; requirement; claim; need.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A claim by right; an asking with authority; a desire to possess; the price demanded; question asked; the asking or seeking for what is due, or claimed as due, either expressly, by words, or by implication, as by seizure of goods or entry into lands. Demand and supply, express the relations between consumption and production, or the desire for commodities and the supply of them, so that when the former is in excess prices rise, and when the latter prices fall.
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To claim or seek as due by right; to ask by authority; to require; to ask; to question; to sue for.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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An asking with authority; a challenging as due; the requiring of a price for goods; the desire to possess.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of demanding; requisition; exaction;—earnest inquiry; question; query;—that which may be claimed; rightful claim; due;—the asking of a price for goods; or the price asked;—the desire to purchase, as goods, or the degree in which they are desired; great request.
