Definition of demand

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Demand (v. t.) A thing or amount claimed to be due.

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Sciscitation :: Sciscitation (n.) The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.
Interpellation :: Interpellation (n.) An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate..
Urgency :: Urgency (n.) The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion..
Scarcity :: Scarcity (n.) The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Requisitory :: Requisitory (a.) Sought for; demanded.
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..
Redemand :: Redemand (n.) A demanding back; a second or renewed demand.
Scarce :: Scarce (superl.) Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority..
Summons :: Summons (v.) A demand to surrender.
Reconvention :: Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
Refusal :: Refusal (n.) The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance..
Demandant :: Demandant (n.) One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.
Unjust :: Unjust (a.) Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation..
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..
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.
Exact :: Exact (a.) To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) A thing or amount claimed to be due.
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