Demand
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
demand (noun)1.
a) an act of or asking especially with authority - demanding a demand for obedience
b) something claimed as due - a list of demands
2.
archaic - question
3.
a) willingness and ability to purchase a commodity or service - the demand for quality day care
b) the quantity of a commodity or service wanted at a specified price and time - supply and demand
4.
a) a seeking or state of being sought after - in great demand as an entertainer
b) urgent need
5.
the requirement of work or of the expenditure of a resource - equal to the demands of the office demands on one's time oxygen demand for waste oxidation
intransitive verb
transitive verb
to make a demand - ask
1.
to ask or call for with authority claim as due or just - demanded to see a lawyer
2.
to call for urgently, peremptorily, or insistently - demanded that the rioters disperse
3.
a) to ask authoritatively or earnestly to be informed of - demand the reason for the dismissal
b) to require to come - summon
4.
to call for as useful or necessary - etiquette demands a handwritten thank-you
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
demand (noun)1.
something that someone insists upon having
SYNONYMS:
claim, dun, importunity, requisition, ultimatumRELATED WORDS:
desire, request, want, wish; drive, need, requirement, stipulation; basic, essential, must; imposition; condition, provision2.
the state of being sought after especially for purchase
SYNONYMS:
call, market, requestRELATED WORDS:
bear market, bull market; buyer's market, seller's market3.
something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable
SYNONYMS:
condition, demand, must, must-have, necessary, necessity, need, needful, requirement, requisite, sine qua nonRELATED WORDS:
precondition, prerequisite; advantage, edge, plus; desideration, desideratum, wishNEAR ANTONYMS:
amenity, comfort, extra, extravagance, frill, indulgence, luxury, superfluity, surplus, surplusage1.
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
SYNONYMS:
call (for), claim, clamor (for), command, enjoin, exact, insist (on), press (for), quest, stipulate (for)RELATED WORDS:
ask, plead (for), request, want; cry (for), necessitate, need, require, take, warrant; requisition; impose; badger, dun, harass, houndNEAR ANTONYMS:
give up, relinquish, surrender, yield2.
to have as a requirement
SYNONYMS:
bear, challenge, claim, demand, necessitate, require, take, want, warrantRELATED WORDS:
entail, involve; ask, beg, claim, clamor (for), cry (for); hurt (for), lack; command, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulateNEAR ANTONYMS:
own, possess3.
to set or receive as a price
SYNONYMS:
ask, command, demandRELATED WORDS:
overcharge, undercharge; bring, fetch, sell (for); discount, mark down, mark up; assess, bill, invoice; price, value
