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Demand   /dɪmˈænd/   Listen
noun
Demand  n.  
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." "He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them."
2.
Earnest inquiry; question; query.
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."
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.



verb
Demand  v. t.  (past & past part. demanded; pres. part. demanding)  
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."
2.
To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. "I did demand what news from Shrewsbury."
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.



Demand  v. i.  To make a demand; to inquire. "The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do?"






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"Demand" Quotes from Famous Books



... you advance in years and under standing, I hope you, will be able to examine for yourself the evidence of the Christian religion, and that you will be convinced, on rational grounds, of its divine authority. At present, such enquiries would demand more study, and greater powers of reasoning, than your age admits of. It is your part, therefore, till you are capable of understanding the proofs, to believe your parents and teachers, that the holy scriptures are writings inspired by God, containing a true history of facts, in ...
— The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant • John Hamilton Moore

... respective beds reading or talking, would listen for her departure. There was always a moment when they knew that the excitement was over and the landing stricken into certainty. Then Mademoiselle would flit to the top of the stairs and demand, leaning over the balustrade, "Eh bien! Eh bien!" and someone ...
— Pointed Roofs - Pilgrimage, Volume 1 • Dorothy Richardson

... provocation or pretence of injury. They had added greatly to the cost of that war. They had insulted our feelings by their savage cruelties. They were by our arms completely subdued and humbled. Under all these circumstances, we had a right to demand substantial satisfaction and indemnification. We used that right, however, with real moderation. Their limits with us under the former government were generally ill defined, questionable, and the frequent ...
— Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson - Volume I • Thomas Jefferson

... because Von Moltke realized this, realized the folly of depending on ability to get geniuses on demand, and realized further the value of ascertaining the principles of strategy, and then expressing them so clearly that ordinary men could grasp and use them, that he conceived and carried into execution his plan; whereby not only actual battles ...
— The Navy as a Fighting Machine • Bradley A. Fiske

... New Mexico. It is but a few years since, that some wealthy Mexicans owned herds in these parts of America which they numbered by tens of thousands. They were, however, almost valueless for want of a market; and, until the tide of emigration poured in, developing the resources of the country by its demand for provisions and labor, horses and cattle were sold for a mere trifle. In one day's march from San Gabriel, Young and his party arrived at another Roman Catholic Mission, called San Fernando. This establishment was on a much smaller scale than the first. Young and his ...
— The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself • De Witt C. Peters


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