Definition of demand

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Demand (v. t.) The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand..

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Postulant :: Postulant (n.) One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate..
Collection :: Collection (n.) That which is obtained in payment of demands.
Size :: Size (n.) Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size..
Clamor :: Clamor (v. i.) To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.
Flagitation :: Flagitation (n.) Importunity; urgent demand.
Demandable :: Demandable (a.) That may be demanded or claimed.
Sale :: Sale (v. t.) Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To require; to demand; to claim.
Straddling :: Straddle (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a put and a call, i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities..
Underproduction :: Underproduction (n.) The production of less than is demanded or of less than the usual supply.
Ulterior :: Ulterior (a.) Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain..
Extravagance :: Extravagance (n.) The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands..
Revendicate :: Revendicate (v. t.) To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.
Collect :: Collect (v. t.) To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
Garnish :: Garnish (v. t.) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer..
Bank Bill :: Bank bill () In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note..
Crave :: Crave (v. t.) To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food..
Invoke :: Invoke (v. t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing..
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