demand
- Noun. The desire to purchase goods and services.
- Noun. (economics) The amount of a good or service that a consumer is willing to buy at a particular price.
- Noun. A need.
- Noun. A claim for something.
- Noun. A requirement.
- Noun. An urgent request.
- Noun. An order.
- Noun. (electric) the measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.
- Verb. To request forcefully.
- Verb. To claim a right to something.
- Verb. To ask forcefully for information.
- Verb. To require of someone.
- Verb. (legal) To issue a summons to court.
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