5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Demand \De*mand"\, verb (used without an object) To make a demand; to inquire. The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? --Luke iii. 14. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Demand \De*mand"\, noun [F. demande, fr. demander. See {Demand}, verb (used with an object)] 1. 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. The demand [is] by the word of the holy ones. --Dan. iv. 17. He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them. --Locke. 2. Earnest inquiry; question; query. --Shak. 3. 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. In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and then the demand became immense. --Macaulay. 4. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate. 5. (Law) (a) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. (b) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person. (c) A thing or amount claimed to be due. {In demand}, in request; being much sought after. {On demand}, upon presentation and request of payment. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Demand \De*mand"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Demanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demanding}.] [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. {Mandate}, {Commend}.] 1. 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. This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. --Shak. 2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. --Shak. 3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. 4. (Law) To call into court; to summon. --Burrill. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: demand noun 1: the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply" [ant: {supply}] 2: an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing" 3: a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" [syn: {need}] 4: the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" 5: required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time" [syn: {requirement}] verb 1: request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" 2: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent" [syn: {necessitate}, {ask}, {postulate}, {need}, {require}, {take}, {involve}, {call for}] [ant: {obviate}] 3: claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" [syn: {exact}] 4: lay legal claim to 5: summon to court 6: ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 304 Moby Thesaurus words for "demand": address, admission, admission fee, anchorage, application, apply for, appoint, appurtenance, ask, ask a question, ask about, ask for, ask questions, asking, assess, at once, authority, authorize, bare necessities, be hurting for, be indicated, beg leave, behest, bespeak, bid, bid come, bill of sale, birthright, blackmail, bone of contention, bother, bring into question, brokerage, brook no denial, burden with, burdening, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, carfare, catechism, cellarage, challenge, charge, charge for, charges, charging, cite, claim, clamor for, coerce, command, compel, conjugal right, conjure, conjure up, constrain, convene, convoke, cover charge, coveted, crave, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, cry for, cry out for, debating point, demand for, desideration, desideratum, desirable, desire, desired, dictate, direct, divine right, dockage, doing, droit, due, dues, enjoin, enquire, entrance fee, essential, essentials, evoke, exact, exaction, exactment, expressed desire, extort, extortion, faculty, fail, fare, fasten upon, fee, feeler, file for, force, freight with, freighting, have occasion for, hire, immediately, impetration, impose, impose on, impose upon, imposing an onus, imposition, in demand, inalienable right, inconsiderateness, inconvenience, indent, indispensable, inflict on, inflict upon, infliction, inquire, inquire of, inquiry, insist, insist on, insistence, interest, interpellate, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, invoke, issue, issue an ultimatum, lack, lay, lay down, lay on, laying on, leader, leading question, leave no option, levy, license fee, loading, loading down, make a demand, make a request, make a requisition, make application, make dutiable, make inquiry, make obligatory, market, marketability, mass market, moot point, must, must item, muster, muster up, natural right, necessaries, necessitate, necessities, necessity, need, need for, needed, oblige, obtrusiveness, occasion, on call, on demand, order, order up, outcry, outlet, page, petition, pilotage, place, place an order, point at issue, point in question, popular, portage, postulate, power, preconize, prerequire, prerequirement, prerequisite, prerogative, prescribe, prescription, presumptive right, presumptuousness, pretense, pretension, pro rata, problem, proper claim, property right, propose a question, propound a question, prorate, put, put down, put in for, put in requisition, put on, put queries, put upon, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, recall, rend from, rending, request, require, require an answer, requirement, requisite, requisition, retail, right, ripping, saddle with, sale, salvage, scot, scot and lot, screw, send after, send for, serve, set, shot, solicit, stick for, storage, subject to, subpoena, summon, summon forth, summon up, summons, take, take doing, take no denial, task, tasking, tax, taxing, tear from, tearing, the necessary, the needful, tie-in, tithe, title, toll, topic, towage, trial balloon, trouble, turnover, unwarranted demand, use, vested interest, vested right, vexed question, want, want doing, want to know, wanted, warn, weight down with, weighting, wharfage, whistle for, wholesale, wish, without delay, wrench, wrench from, wrenching, wrest, wresting, wring, wring from, wringing, yoke with

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