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From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre.
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈmɑːnd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈmænd/, /dəˈmænd/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnd, -ænd
- Hyphenation: de‧mand
demand (countable and uncountable, plural demands)
- The desire to purchase goods and services.
Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.
- (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
- A forceful claim for something.
Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
- A requirement.
His job makes many demands on his time.
There is a demand for voluntary health workers in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia.
- An urgent request.
She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.
- 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.
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.
- (a requirement): imposition
- biochemical oxygen demand
- biological oxygen demand
- composite demand
- cross elasticity of demand
- cross-price elasticity of demand
- demand account
- demand characteristic
- demand curve
- demand deposit
- demand destruction
- demand draft
- demand-driven
- demand letter
- demand note
- demand partner
- demand-pull inflation
- demand side
- demand valve
- income elasticity of demand
- in demand
- on demand
- on-demand
- oxygen demand
- price elasticity of demand
- print on demand
- print-on-demand
- supply and demand
- theoretical oxygen demand
desire to purchase goods and services
- Albanian: kërkesë (sq) f
- Arabic: طَلَب (ar) m (ṭalab)
- Armenian: պահանջարկ (hy) (pahanǰark)
- Assamese: দৰকাৰ (dorokar), চাহিদা (sahida), বাব (babo), গৰজ (goroz)
- Azerbaijani: tələb (az), tələbat (az)
- Bashkir: һорау (horaw)
- Belarusian: по́пыт m (pópyt), патрабава́нне n (patrabavánnje)
- Bengali: চাহিদা (bn) (cahida), দাবী (bn) (dabi), তলব (bn) (tolob), তাগাদা (bn) (tagada)
- Bulgarian: тъ́рсене (bg) n (tǎ́rsene), и́скане (bg) n (ískane)
- Burmese: ဝယ်လိုအား (my) (wailuia:)
- Chinese:
- Czech: poptávka (cs) f
- Danish: efterspørgsel c
- Dutch: vraag (nl) f
- Esperanto: postulado (eo)
- Estonian: nõudlus
- Faroese: eftirspurningur m
- Finnish: kysyntä (fi), menekki (fi)
- French: demande (fr) f
- Georgian: მოთხოვნა (motxovna)
- German: Nachfrage (de) f, Bedarf (de) m
- Greek: ζήτηση (el) f (zítisi)
- Hebrew: ביקוש m (bikúsh)
- Hindi: माँग (hi) f (māṅg)
- Hungarian: kereslet (hu), igény (hu)
- Indonesian: permintaan (id)
- Italian: domanda (it) f, richiesta (it) f
- Japanese: 需要 (ja) (じゅよう, juyō)
- Kazakh: талап (talap)
- Korean: 수요(需要) (ko) (suyo)
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: талап (ky) (talap)
- Latvian: pieprasījums m
- Lithuanian: paklausa f
- Macedonian: побарувачка f (pobaruvačka)
- Malay: permintaan (ms)
- Malayalam: ആവശ്യം (ml) (āvaśyaṁ)
- Marathi: मागणी f (māgṇī)
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: etterspørsel m
- Pashto: تقاضا (ps) f (taqāzã), طلب (ps) m (talab)
- Persian: تقاضا (fa) (taqâzâ), طلب (fa) (talab)
- Polish: popyt (pl) m
- Portuguese: demanda (pt), pedido (pt) f
- Romanian: cerere (ro)
- Russian: спрос (ru) m (spros), потре́бность (ru) f (potrébnostʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas m, fèill f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: dopyt m, požiadavka f
- Slovene: povpraševanje n
- Spanish: demanda (es) f
- Swedish: efterfrågan (sv) c
- Tagalog: kahingian
- Tajik: талаб (tg) (talab), тақозо (taqozo)
- Tatar: таләп (tt) (taläp)
- Telugu: పొందగోరు (pondagōru)
- Turkish: talep (tr)
- Turkmen: talap
- Ukrainian: потре́ба (uk) f (potréba), по́пит (uk) m (pópyt)
- Urdu: تقاضا m (taqāzā), طلب (talab)
- Uyghur: تەلەپ (telep)
- Uzbek: talab (uz)
- Vietnamese: nhu cầu (vi) (需求)
- Zazaki: taleb n, waştış
economics: amount a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price
- Armenian: պահանջարկ (hy) (pahanǰark)
- Azerbaijani: tələbat (az)
- Bashkir: һорау (horaw)
- Belarusian: по́пыт m (pópyt)
- Bulgarian: потре́бност (bg) f (potrébnost)
- Danish: efterspørgsel c
- Dutch: navraag (nl) f
- Finnish: kysyntä (fi)
- French: demande (fr)
- German: Nachfrage (de) f
- Hindi: माँग (hi) f (māṅg)
- Hungarian: kereslet (hu), felvevőképesség (hu)
- Italian: domanda (it) f
- Macedonian: побарувачка f (pobaruvačka)
- Northern Sami: jearru
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: etterspørsel m
- Polish: popyt (pl) m
- Portuguese: demanda (pt) f
- Russian: спрос (ru) m (spros), потре́бность (ru) f (potrébnostʹ)
- Southern Altai: суру (suru)
- Spanish: demanda (es) f
- Swedish: efterfrågan (sv) c
- Tagalog: kahingian
- Ukrainian: потре́ба (uk) f (potréba), по́пит (uk) m (pópyt)
forceful claim for something
- Armenian: պահանջ (hy) (pahanǰ)
- Belarusian: патрабава́нне n (patrabavánnje)
- Bulgarian: потре́бност (bg) f (potrébnost)
- Dutch: eis (nl)
- Esperanto: postulo
- Finnish: vaatimus (fi)
- Georgian: მოთხოვნა (motxovna)
- German: Anspruch (de) m
- Hebrew: דרישה f (d'rishá)
- Higaonon: hangyo
- Hindi: माँग (hi) f (māṅg)
- Hungarian: követelés (hu)
- Italian: richiesta (it) f, rivendicazione (it) f
- Latin: flāgitātiō f
- Norwegian: behov (no) n
- Polish: wymaganie (pl) n
- Russian: тре́бование (ru) n (trébovanije), иск (ru) m (isk), прете́нзия (ru) f (pretɛ́nzija)
- Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas m
- Serbo-Croatian: zahtjev (sh), zahtev m
- Ukrainian: вимо́га f (vymóha)
need, requirement
- Arabic: مُطَّلِب (muṭṭalib)
- Armenian: պահանջ (hy) (pahanǰ), կարիք (hy) (karikʻ)
- Assamese: দৰকাৰ (dorokar), চাহিদা (sahida), বাব (babo), গৰজ (goroz)
- Belarusian: патрабава́нне n (patrabavánnje)
- Bengali: দরকার (bn) (dorkar), তাগাদা (bn) (tagada)
- Bulgarian: потребност (bg) f (potrebnost)
- Czech: požádání n
- Esperanto: postulo
- Finnish: tarve (fi), vaatimus (fi)
- Georgian: საჭიროება (sač̣iroeba)
- Hindi: तक़ाज़ा m (taqāzā)
- Hungarian: igény (hu)
- Italian: bisogno (it) m
- Malayalam: ആവശ്യം (ml) (āvaśyaṁ)
- Persian: تقاضا (fa) (taqâzâ)
- Polish: żądanie (pl) n
- Russian: тре́бование (ru) n (trébovanije), нужда́ (ru) f (nuždá), необходи́мость (ru) f (neobxodímostʹ), потре́бность (ru) f (potrébnostʹ)
- Slovene: potreba f
- Tajik: тақозо (taqozo)
- Ukrainian: вимо́га f (vymóha), потре́ба (uk) f (potréba)
- Urdu: تقاضا m (taqāzā)
urgent request
order
- Danish: krav (da)
- Esperanto: postulo, ordono
- Finnish: vaatimus (fi)
- French: exigence (fr)
- Hungarian: követelés (hu)
- Italian: esigenza (it) f
- Norwegian: krav n
- Portuguese: solicitação (pt), demanda (pt) m
- Russian: тре́бование (ru) n (trébovanije)
- Slovene: zahteva (sl) f
- Spanish: exigencia (es) f
- Swedish: begäran (sv) c
- Telugu: ఆనతి (te) (ānati)
- Urdu: مطالبہ (mutālba)
electricity supply: peak demand
demand (third-person singular simple present demands, present participle demanding, simple past and past participle demanded)
- To request forcefully.
I demand to see the manager.
- To claim a right to something.
The bank is demanding the mortgage payment.
2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
- To ask forcefully for information.
I demand an immediate explanation.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXI, page 50:
When Lazarus left his charnel-cave,
And home to Mary’s house return’d,
Was this demanded—if he yearn’d
To hear her weeping by his grave?
- To require of someone.
This job demands a lot of patience.
- (law) To issue a summons to court.
to request forcefully
- Arabic: طَلَبَ (ar) (ṭalaba)
- Armenian: պահանջել (hy) (pahanǰel)
- Belarusian: трабава́ць impf (trabavácʹ), вымага́ць impf (vymahácʹ)
- Bulgarian: и́скам (bg) impf (ískam), изи́сквам (bg) impf (izískvam)
- Catalan: exigir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cornish: demondya
- Czech: požadovat (cs) impf, žádat (cs) impf
- Danish: kræve
- Dutch: eisen (nl), opeisen (nl)
- Esperanto: postuli
- Faroese: krevja
- Finnish: vaatia (fi), tivata (fi), tiukata (fi), penätä (fi)
- French: exiger (fr)
- Friulian: domandâ
- Galician: demandar (gl), exixir (gl)
- Georgian: მოითხოვს (moitxovs), ითხოვს (itxovs)
- German: verlangen (de), bestehen (de) (auf etwas)
- Greek: απαιτώ (el) (apaitó)
- Hebrew: דָּרַשׁ (he) (darásh)
- Hindi: माँगना (hi) (māṅgnā)
- Hungarian: követel (hu)
- Icelandic: heimta, krefja, útheimta
- Ido: postular (io)
- Italian: esigere (it), pretendere (it)
- Japanese: 要求する (ja) (ようきゅうする, yōkyū suru), 要する (ja) (ようする, yō suru)
- Khmer: ទារ (km) (tiə), ប្រថុច (km) (prɑthoc)
- Korean: 요구하다 (ko) (yoguhada)
- Latin: flāgitō, efflāgitō, procō, postulō
- Macedonian: бара (mk) impf (bara)
- Malayalam: ആവശ്യപ്പെടുക (ml) (āvaśyappeṭuka)
- Middle English: comaunden
- Norwegian: forlange, kreve (no)
- Polish: żądać (pl) impf, wymagać (pl) impf
- Portuguese: demandar (pt), exigir (pt)
- Quechua: mañay
- Romanian: cere (ro)
- Russian: тре́бовать (ru) impf (trébovatʹ), потре́бовать (ru) pf (potrébovatʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: iarr
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: захте́вати impf, захтије́вати impf, тра́жити impf
- Roman: zahtévati impf, zahtijévati (sh) impf, trážiti (sh) impf
- Slovak: požadovať impf, žiadať impf
- Slovene: zahtevati (sl) impf
- Spanish: exigir (es), demandar (es)
- Swedish: kräva (sv), begära (sv)
- Telugu: నిర్భంధించు (nirbhandhiñcu)
- Tocharian B: ñäsk-
- Turkish: istek (tr), talep (tr)
- Ukrainian: вимага́ти impf (vymaháty)
- Vietnamese: yêu cầu (vi), đòi hỏi (vi), đòi (vi)
- Yiddish: פֿאַרלאַנגען (farlangen)
to claim a right to something
- Belarusian: патрабава́ць impf (patrabavácʹ), запатрабава́ць pf (zapatrabavácʹ)
- Cornish: demondya
- Finnish: vaatia (fi)
- Galician: demandar (gl), exixir (gl)
- Hungarian: követel (hu)
- Russian: предъявля́ть тре́бование impf (predʺjavljátʹ trébovanije), предъявля́ть иск impf (predʺjavljátʹ isk), тре́бовать (ru) impf (trébovatʹ)
law: to issue a summons to court