Definition of demand

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Demand (v. t.) A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand..

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Require :: Require (v. t.) To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
Require :: Require (v. t.) To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property..
Terrorism :: Terrorism (n.) The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
Press :: Press (n.) Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign..
Collection :: Collection (n.) That which is obtained in payment of demands.
Exactor :: Exactor (n.) One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To call into court; to summon.
Importunate :: Importunate (a.) Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person..
Suffice :: Suffice (v. t.) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements..
Redemand :: Redemand (v. t.) To demand back; to demand again.
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience..
Active :: Active (a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn..
Request :: Request (n.) The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
Concession :: Concession (n.) The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous..
Prudential :: Prudential (n.) That which relates to or demands the exercise of, discretion or prudence; -- usually in the pl..
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