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  1. Demand: How It Works Plus Economic Determinants …

    • Demand is the desire and willingness to buy a good or service at a specific price. Learn how demand is influenced by various factors, how it is measured by a demand curve, and how it relates to supply an… See more

    What Is Demand?

    Demand is an economic concept that relates to a consumer's desire to purchase goods and services and willingness to pay a specific price for them. An increase in the price of a g… See more

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    de·mand
    [dəˈmand]
    noun
    demand (noun) · demands (plural noun)
    1. an insistent and peremptory request, made as if by right:
      "a series of demands for far-reaching reforms"
      • (demands)
        pressing requirements:
        "he's got enough demands on his time already"
      • the desire of purchasers, consumers, clients, employers, etc., for a particular commodity, service, or other item:
        "a recent slump in demand" · "a demand for specialists"
    verb
    demand (verb) · demands (third person present) · demanded (past tense) · demanded (past participle) · demanding (present participle)
    1. ask authoritatively or brusquely:
      "“Where is she?” he demanded" · "the police demanded that he give them the names"
      • insist on having:
        "an outraged public demanded retribution" · "too much was being demanded of the top players"
      • require; need:
        "a complex activity demanding detailed knowledge"
      • law
        call into court; summon.
    Origin
    Middle English (as a noun): from Old French demande (noun), demander (verb), from Latin demandare ‘hand over, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘demand’), from de- ‘formally’ + mandare ‘to order’.
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    noun
    1. an insistent and peremptory request, made as if by right:
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