demand: significat i definicions

To ask for urgently or peremptorily: demand an investigation into the murder; demanding that he leave immediately; demanded to speak to the manager.

To claim as just or due: demand repayment of a loan.

To ask to be informed of: I demand a reason for this interruption.

To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for: a gem that demands a fine setting.

Law To summon to court.

Law To claim formally; lay legal claim to.

To make a demand.

The act of demanding.

Something demanded: granted the employees' demands.

An urgent requirement or need: the heavy demands of her job; the emotional demands of his marriage; an increased oxygen demand.

The state of being sought after: in great demand as a speaker.

Economics The desire to possess a commodity or make use of a service, combined with the ability to purchase it.

Economics The amount of a commodity or service that people are ready to buy for a given price: Supply should rise to meet demand.

Computer Science A coding technique in which a command to read or write is initiated as the need for a new block of data occurs, thus eliminating the need to store data.

Law A formal claim.

Archaic An emphatic question or inquiry.

on demand When presented for payment: a note payable on demand.

on demand When needed or asked for: fed the baby on demand.