demand

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of demanding

   the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money

2. 2
   noun

   an urgent or peremptory request

   Their demands for attention were unceasing.

3. 3
   noun

   the ability and desire to purchase goods and services

   the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips

4. 4
   verb

   request urgently and forcefully

   The victim's family is demanding compensation

5. 5
   verb

   claim as due or just

   The bank demanded payment of the loan

6. 6
   verb

   ask to be informed of

   I demand an explanation

7. 7
   noun

   The desire to purchase goods and services.

   Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.

8. 8
   noun

   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.

   Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de 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.