Demand

Quick meaning: Demand is a noun meaning The desire to purchase goods and services.

Meaning

The desire to purchase goods and services.

More Meanings

1. A forceful claim for something.
2. A requirement.
3. An urgent request.
4. An order.
5. To request forcefully.
6. (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.
7. (economics) 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.

Example Sentences

His job makes many demands on his time.

Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.

Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.

Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.

Word Forms

• demands
• demaund
• demaunde
• demanding
• demanded
• demandest
• demandedst
• demandeth

Synonyms for demand

Depending on context, synonyms include imposition, insist, stipulate, frain, necessitate, need.

Antonyms for demand

Common opposites include supply, obviate, eliminate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include require, ask, necessitate, need, requirement, exact.

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