demand1 noundemand2 verb
demandde‧mand1 /dɪˈmɑːnd $ dɪˈmænd/ ●●● S2 W1 noun 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A demand from your boss that you babysit his children is clearly unreasonable.
- A list of the students' demands was presented to the dean of the law school.
- Some working moms worry about the conflicting demands of home and job.
- The government has refused the rebels' demand to release their leader from prison.
- The kidnappers made several demands in their telephone call to police.
- The union's demand for an 8% across-the-board increase is still under consideration.
- In short, there is a I 5, 000-bushel shortage of or excess demand for, corn.
- It follows that their demand for bank deposits is also growing at twice the rate of growth of nominal income.
- Kallay returned to his original demands for the release of comrades from prison, and the resignation of the Sierra Leone government.
- Recessions often start because the demand for credit falls.
- The desire is great because the demands for knowing in life are so great.
- This growth is necessary to mitigate the supply / demand imbalance and for the continued economic health of the region.
- Though land is theoretically very expensive there, the recession has cut the demand.
- With demand for short and medium term paper picking up, most issues registered gains of up to £3/4.
Longman Language Activatora statement, letter, message etc in which you ask for something
a statement, letter etc in which you ask for something politely or formally: · My grandfather's last request was that there should be no flowers at his funeral.request for: · She refused all requests for an interview.request that: · My request that everyone remain seated was ignored.request to do something: · Davis's request to do research rather than teach this semester is being considered.at somebody's request (=because someone makes a request): · Cummings eventually resigned at the governor's request.on/upon request (=when it is requested): · Information about our testing procedure is available on request.make a request: · Ray made a formal written request to meet with Douglas.grant somebody's request formal (=say yes to it): · The board has granted your request for funding.
a strong request saying very clearly what you want, especially when you are asking for something that someone does not want to give you: · A list of the students' demands was presented to the dean of the law school.demand for: · The union's demand for an 8% across-the-board increase is still under consideration.demand that: · A demand from your boss that you babysit his children is clearly unreasonable.demand to do something: · The government has refused the rebels' demand to release their leader from prison.make a demand: · The kidnappers made several demands in their telephone call to police.
a request for something, especially money, that someone thinks they have a legal right to have: claim for: · The local people's claims for compensation from the chemical factory have so far been ignored.make a claim: · After the fire we made a claim to our insurance company.
a document signed by many people that is given to a government or other organization asking them to do something that until now they have been unwilling to do: · A petition signed by 1000 hospital doctors will be handed to the Minister of Health at lunchtime today.· Local groups have collected 17,000 votes on a petition to recall the mayor.
a letter or form that someone sends when they are asking for something such as a job, official document etc: · Since I left university I've sent off nearly fifty job applications.application for: · We're pleased to announce that your application for membership has been accepted.· The first two banks Williams visited denied her application for a loan.
an urgent request for something important such as freedom, money etc, especially in order to help someone in a bad situation: · Dozens of relief agencies have responded to the drought-stricken country's appeal.appeal for: · The war continues as a fresh UN appeal for a ceasefire has been rejected.
especially British an official request for someone that you do not know well to do something, especially when you are not sure if they will do it: approach from: · The footballer said he'd received an approach from another team, and that he was considering the offer.make an approach: · An official approach has been made but the hostages are unlikely to be released.
a strong emotional request for someone to help you or be kind to you: · Ignoring the man's pleas, the soldier shot him in the head.plea for: · A homeless mother of six made a tearful plea for a home for her family.
to provide something that is needed or wanted if someone or something meets or satisfies a need , they give people what they need or want: · Public transportation here has failed to meet the community's needs.meet/satisfy a need of: · It's extremely difficult for one teacher to meet the needs of 16 students in a class when each is working at a different level.satisfy a basic human need: · Belief in God or a supreme being seems to satisfy some basic human need.
also fulfil requirements British, /fulfill requirements American if someone or something meets or fulfils the requirements that have been set for them, they reach the standards that are necessary, especially standards that have been officially decided: · Beginning in April, street vendors will be required to meet a tough new set of requirements.meet requirements for: · The group has been notified by school officials that it no longer meets the requirements for a voluntary student organization.
to provide enough quantities of a product so that everyone who wants one can have one: · Record stores are finding it difficult to meet the demand for the group's latest CD, Greasy Pole. meet demand for: · Ford announced that it has increased production to meet demand for its new range of sports utility vehicle.
if something fills a need , for example a new product or service, it gives people something that they have wanted but which they have not been able to have until now: fill a need for: · The restaurant fills a need for good healthful food and for a good place to meet.· This handsome book fills a need for a clear children's guide to the African-American tradition of Kwanzaa.
people, places, activities etc that a lot of people like if someone or something is popular , a lot of people like them: · Lisa's one of the most popular girls in class.· Benidorm soon became a popular holiday resort.· Old-fashioned names are getting popular again.popular with: · Chatlines have proved very popular with young people.
British /be in favor American if someone is in favour , they are liked and approved of at the present time, although this may not last: · Suzannah and I are both in favour at work at the moment.be back in favour (=be in favour again): · It looks as if Joey, her old boyfriend, is back in favor again.be in favour with: · Her fresh approach to environmental issues makes her very much in favor with young voters.
someone who is well-liked has a lot of friends and is liked by most people: · She's a cheerful, good-natured girl, well-liked by all the people she works with.· As a politician, he may lack experience, but he's very well-liked.
if something such as a product or skill or a person is in demand , it is considered to be very valuable and a lot of people want to have it or use it: · High quality furniture will always be in demand.be in great/big demand: · Graduates in Chinese are in great demand in an exciting variety of occupations.be much/heavily in demand: · Her dramatic Latin looks caused her to be much in demand as a model.
informal if a product, activity, or performer is big in a particular place or at a particular time, they are very popular: be big in: · Oasis were big in the early 90's.· The single is already big in the clubs, and has been remixed by the band.
not popular if someone or something is unpopular , a lot of people do not like them: · The government is more unpopular now than it has been for years.· Mr Venables must be the most unpopular teacher in school.unpopular with: · The taxes proved extremely unpopular with the electorate.
British /out of favor American if a person, idea, or other thing is out of favour , people no longer approve of them or use them, although they used to be popular: · Smacking children seems to be out of favour these days.go/fall out of favour (with somebody): · The classic jigsaw puzzle never goes out of favour with kids.· Journalists and producers who fell out of favour were fired immediately.
if there is no demand for a product or service people do not want to buy it: · There's no demand for heavy immovable furniture any more.· Where there is no call for a continued food market, market buildings have proved highly adaptable.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + demand
The public is being fed contradictory messages about the economy. He could never live up to his father’s exacting standards. Volunteers fill a real need for teachers in the Somali Republic. his insatiable appetite for power our insatiable thirst for knowledge His people came to him demanding justice. He was charged with demanding money with menaces. periods of peak demand for electricity The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $250,000. There has still been no ransom demand. the president’s plan to stimulate economic growth the law of supply and demand Don’t let your boss make unreasonable demands on you.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(=a lot of people want something)· Demand for housing is higher than ever.
(=not many people want something)· Recently the demand for new cars has been relatively low.
· There’s always a big demand for photographs of celebrities.
(=very big)· There is a huge demand for business software and services.
· One of the problems is the growing demand for housing.
(=decreasing)· the falling demand for coal
(=the desire of consumers to buy goods)· Consumer demand for new technology is strong.
verbs (=supply as much as people need or want)· There are reports that the company cannot produce enough to meet demand.
(also keep pace with demand) (=satisfy the demand)· Public funding for higher education has not kept up with demand.
(=satisfy demand)· The existing services were not capable of coping with the demand for advice.
· A very hard winter boosted the demand for natural gas.
· Higher interest rates reduce the demand for credit.
· Demand for energy has continued to rise.
(=becomes lower)· Demand for the products has fallen in the last six months.
phrases (also be in great demand) (=be wanted by a lot of people)· Fuel-efficient cars are now much in demand.
(=more is available than people need or want)· In the 1980s, the supply of grain far exceeded the demand.
· Many factories closed through lack of demand.
(=a sudden increase)· There’s often a surge in demand for the Internet at the weekend.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=ask forcefully)· Voters are demanding tougher action on gun crime.
· China continued to demand a full apology from the US.
· Nursing as a profession demands genuine commitment.
(=ask for it in an angry way)· Political prisoners are demanding financial compensation.
formal· Writing an exam requires great concentration.
(=things that demand your attention)· the conflicting demands of work and family life
(=the demand for things to buy)· Consumer demand decreased as a result of the recession.
The public is being fed contradictory messages about the economy. (=the amount of something customers want to buy or use)· It’s important to respond quickly to changing customer demand.
(=the amount of a product that people want to buy in a country)· Exports fell by 0.5 percent while domestic demand grew.
(=the amount of electricity that is needed)· There has been a dramatic growth in electricity demand.
(=publicly ask for something to happen or be done)· The union is calling for an end to discrimination.
· The demand for energy in developing countries will continue to grow.
(=ask for it firmly because it is your right)· She marched alongside her mother, demanding equality for women.
He could never live up to his father’s exacting standards.· When I asked for an explanation, the people at the office said they didn't know.· Furious parents are demanding an explanation from the school.
Volunteers fill a real need for teachers in the Somali Republic. British English (=the last bill you receive for money you owe before court action is taken against you)
(=firmly ask for something to stop)· Irish farmers demanded a halt to imports of British cattle.
· She was growing tired of the company’s impossible demands.
his insatiable appetite for power our insatiable thirst for knowledge His people came to him demanding justice. He was charged with demanding money with menaces.· Parents should not demand unquestioning obedience from their children.
periods of peak demand for electricity· A petition calling for an inquiry was signed by 15,118 people.
· She will be performing here again next month, by popular demand.
The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $250,000. There has still been no ransom demand. (=ask for it forcefully)· His political opponents demanded his resignation.
(=ask for it firmly)· We demand the same rights that other European workers enjoy.
· The company was unable to satisfy demand for the product.
the president’s plan to stimulate economic growth the law of supply and demand Don’t let your boss make unreasonable demands on you.· This intermediate variable then affects aggregate demand.· In this sense the more predictable aggregate demand is, the more efficient the economy is.· How changes in money supply affect aggregate demand is a highly controversial issue.· As a consequence the equilibrium level of aggregate demand will fall.· What is the relationship between money supply and aggregate demand?· Thus a rise in the price level leads to a fall in the equilibrium level of aggregate demand.· It may therefore produce greater uncertainty about aggregate demand.
· Exports fell by 0.5 percent while domestic demand, fuelled by annual tax rebates, grew by 0.8 percent in real terms.· Yet, although domestic demand is weak, real interest rates remain high because prices are falling.· Quite simply, domestic policy performance was not sufficiently competitive to match a high level of domestic demand.· Although the economy continued to grow, that growth was being led by a rapidly increasing domestic demand for consumer items.· The danger is that it will get worse as recovery brings increased domestic demand.· Monetary policy is now geared to the exchange rate, not to domestic demand.· Faced with growing domestic demand, further tree growing seems desirable, offering ample scope for the development of sylvopastoral systems.
· This led to an increase in urban employment opportunities and the expanding workforce gave rise to a greater demand for food.· A company representative said they had not anticipated the great demand for Metrodin.· Workplace 2000 will undoubtedly place greater demands on workers for performance.· The latter group had the most difficulties and the greatest number of demands from the children.· As he re-members, it was in great demand.· Iznik pottery of the sixteenth century was again in great demand.· Any computer-induced effects on employment may be offset, however, by a greater demand for information and analysis.
· Expansion in output was fuelled by growing external demand and generally expansive domestic economic policies.· The new products are part of a major SunConnect initiative to address the growing demand for tightly interconnected LANs and WANs.· In fact the growing demand for immediate emancipation had captured organised antislavery at the national level by the spring of 1831.· Pavilions of Splendour is the brainchild of Gwyn Headley who says the idea was born from a growing demand for unusual properties.· But there is a growing demand for organic dairy, meat and egg products.· College Principal Clive Brain says there's a growing demand for technological education and he's expecting large numbers of applicants.· In turn the rural regions become much more productive as farmers appreciate the ever-present and growing demand for food from the urbanites.· In addition, there is a growing demand for language courses coupled with a shortage of trained language teachers.
· Cattle in great demand selling to 165.5. Heavy lambs in demand.· Or the heavy demands of professional careers.· With the singular exception of property stocks, all sectors benefited from heavy demand, almost all leading shares sporting double-figure gains.· Public service makes heavy demands on a man.· There are heavy demands on people's time these days and a lot of rival attractions.· Games that placed heavy demands on video and processor were never available for Windows.· Movie magic can be heavy in its demands.· It is not surprising, therefore, that old people make fairly heavy demands on medical care.
· He is confident the event should prove popular and has ordered more beer to meet the expected high demand.· In the world of computer hotlines, good techs are in high demand.· This produces in some islands higher than average demand and in others lower than average demand.· Certainly, there is a high elasticity of demand at the fish market where our Chef Troy shops.· The higher the demand and the lower the discount the cheaper bill finance will be.· With high demand and continuing short supply, Schofield said vintners are resorting to other measures.· Another is to transport coal slurry by pipeline from mines to power stations situated in areas of high electricity demand.· It would also become clear which of the 70 pots of money were in high demand and which were irrelevant.
· They had backed up huge demands for cost of living allowances and then found that they had to find the money.· And the rapidly expanding public school system itself created a huge demand for teachers.· What we're experiencing now is a huge upsurge in demand for everything we do.· A huge demands for apartments pushed vacancy rates down to the 1 to 2 percent level.· Inevitably this level of prescription will produce a huge demand for information.· The spread of multimedia is bound to create a huge demand for peripheral equipment of all sorts.· But the harm caused by a political culture that makes huge material demands while discouraging economic initiative is incalculable.· There is a huge pent-up demand for new cars, he said.
· By extrapolation it is concluded that today's rising income levels generate increased demand for services compared with manufactured goods.· He reckons it will disappear by the end of 1993, so increased demand will then spill over into higher prices.· A stagnant economy heaps increased demands on government as more people are in need.· Individuals tended to invest more, with an increased demand for certificates of deposit.· Many older mains also required reinforcement to raise their capacity to match increased demand.· A study of the emergence of the welfare state highlights the increased demands and responsibilities borne by government.· In the 1880s, the expanding population of Liverpool led to an increased demand for water.
· This produces in some islands higher than average demand and in others lower than average demand.· Sluggish economic growth means interest rates will stay low amid tepid demand for loans and a reduced risk of accelerating inflation.· The smaller the proportion, the lower the demand and obviously the higher is velocity.· User fees have two advantages: they raise money, and they lower demand for public services.· The causes of absolute and relative low demand vary, suggesting that different responses are appropriate.· At times of low demand, electricity can be used to pump water from a low reservoir to a high reservoir.· High-cost oversupply has been compounded by extremely low demand.· Iron oxide pigments sold well for paints, but continued to suffer low demand for building materials.
· But there is no popular demand, and no need, to overturn our institutions in a fit of impatience.· Both men created through their activities a popular demand for access to the very wilderness they sought to protect.· As in many other countries, popular demands for the introduction of multiparty democracy grew in the first half of 1990.· The formative years of many of the elderly who were surveyed was a ti-me of popular demand for greater equality.· And now, due to popular demand, we can announce the arrival of the Megadisk!· It was a thing that was created by popular demand.· These colourful yarns, known as heather effects, are already popular and the demand is expected to increase.· It is popular, in demand, and cheap.
· Dallas: Demand was up for business services, with strong demand from technology, real estate, and finance companies.· Analysts say the increase may stick for a few months because of strong demand.· Managers have been resistant, but there has been a strong latent demand for telework.· But after three relatively small grape harvests in a row coupled with continuing strong consumer demand, grape prices continue to increase.· New government reports released Thursday showed fewer claims for unemployment benefits and strong demand for new homes.· Against the backdrop of that strong demand are crop problems, which seem to be occurring world-wide.
NOUN· Advertising strategy will be directed away from product-led treatments to focus on consumer demands.· It is still rationalized by an elaborate and traditional, even if meretricious, theory of consumer demand.· Manufacturing output jumped 0.8 percent between December and January, confirming the increase in consumer demand since the start of the year.· The important role of consumer demand in determining the types and quantities of goods produced must be emphasized.· They also affect the pattern of consumer demand.· Elasticity applies not just to consumer demand but to product supply as well.· Culture is generally regarded as a key determinant of consumer demand and purchase pattern.· But after three relatively small grape harvests in a row coupled with continuing strong consumer demand, grape prices continue to increase.
· Its falling demand for bills is shown by an upward shift of the demand curve to.· That is. factors which cause supply to shift are distinct from factors which shift the demand curve.· Each point on the demand curve shows what the individual would pay for the last unit of purer water.· Why does a demand curve slope downward?· If the demand curve shifts very much, and if it is inelastic, then monetary control will be very difficult.· What happens to the demand curve when each of these determinants changes?· Banks will merely supply whatever is demanded: in this case the supply curve is the same as the demand curve.· Thus a rise in real government expenditure shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right.
· Lee Schipper, an energy demand analyst from the Lawrence Laboratory in California, agreed.· The environmental impact of humans' future energy demand needs further examination.· This stood at 21% of energy demand in 1973 and was at only 22% in 1983.· There will also be an increase in the proportion of total energy demand accounted for by coal.· Coal consumption will fall from 13% of energy demand in 1983 to 11% in the year 2000.· Even electricity demand, which has historically grown faster than total energy demand, decreases in two of the five scenarios.· According to Johansson, government planners typically assess how energy demand has grown alongside economic growth.· Between 1979 and 1981 energy demand fell by 12%.
· As a producer and processor of organic products, Dirk is a successful and independent supplier of the current market demand.· The rate was freed to float in line with market demand today.· Higher inflation would enable old capital to stay competitive, but profitable capacity would then exceed market demand.· As new firms enter industry X, the market supply of X will increase relative to the market demand.· The religious festival, which began last Monday undoubtedly increases market demand for cast ewes.· What are the major nonprice determinants of market demand?· After 1955 an increasing amount of inner-ring suburbanization was produced by developer builders in response to market demand.
· And during peak demand, discounts can vanish.· Electricity companies use it to switch off certain loads, such as water heaters, at times of peak demand.· It can protect your equipment from hazardous brownouts that occur when electric companies reduce voltage during periods of peak demand.· Each household's peak demand was not measured directly.· The demand for electricity is uneven throughout the day, involving certain periods of peak demand.· To save the most money, consumers would have to change their habits to shift the times of peak demand.
VERB· In a year of recession, Land Rover is taking on more staff and increasing production to cope with the worldwide demand.· In addition to their own emotional turmoil, parents must cope with the demands and expectations of those around them.· My wife would need all the virtues in the world to cope with the demands of my life.· If they have the resources and the foresight to cope with demand, you won't notice.· However, the so-called Street v Mountford test fails to cope with the demands placed upon it by its own social context.· Parents often need help in anticipating how to cope with demands outside sweet shops or in supermarkets.· Could a Council be established which could cope with the demands made upon it by a multitude of members?· For a long time she had been out of control, unable to cope with the everyday demands of her new royal role.
· And it is the relatively rich, in small towns and on the fringes of big cities, who create this demand.· And the rapidly expanding public school system itself created a huge demand for teachers.· The driving force of a flourishing society is individual acquisitiveness which creates demands that boost trade and increase the general wealth.· Merck is not just creating demand for the equipment, it can actually produce business.· Such concerns can create new and significant demands upon the staff management skills of new clinical directors.· Now we have to create demand.· This creates a demand for oxygen, so the heart works a little harder, and the lungs are fully used.· Demonstration projects promote awareness of new technology to consumers, with a view towards creating a demand for the product.
· There is growing demand for the nets, and Haji is confident he can meet it.· Driving the change is consumers' growing demand for bargain-basement prices.· The numbers are growing as the demand ever increases.· Network capacity is being expanded to meet the growing demand for high bandwidth products.· The new store replaces the current Manchester branch of Motorcycle City and is a response to growing demand.· He said it would be necessary for the agricultural producing nations to use biotechnology and hormones to meet the growing demand.· Encouraged by this growing demand, the Quality Shop strategists put together the rest of their grand plan.
· This growth itself increases the demand for money.· Sometimes the causes are external to you-oppressive managers, increased demands, or too little opportunity for autonomy.· Recession and rising unemployment have increased welfare demands.· This will increase the demand for sterling on the foreign exchange markets and hence cause an appreciation of the exchange rate.· The network was upgraded several times over the last decade to accommodate the increasing demand.· Some biological theories are sufficiently affected by increasing demands for social relevance to tackle social differences.· Each of these factors has tended to increase the demand for physician servIces.
· Every day, until we could not keep up with the demand, we would make a few extra loaves to sell.· Translators are working hard to keep up with the demand.· Many experts doubt that capital and technology can be created fast enough in poor countries to keep up with the demand.· Oranges will produce more flowers and an increase in fruit yield, but only if irrigation can keep up with demand.· And if there were, the gardener could not keep pace with the demands of such a place.· That means keeping demand strong so there is an incentive for the new rich to keep their money in the country.· The butcher starts mincing children to keep up with the demand.
· They made no demands and refused to negotiate.· The cats a few years later made severe demands on her.· This demand has to be made in conjunction with demands for greater control over public housing, by those who inhabit it.· Indeed, we are not consciously aware that we make such demands on life.· A simple change in the weather can make significant changes in demand on the gas supply system.· It makes no similar demands on owners.· Of course the additional work which such an outward-going policy requires will make demands upon the teacher's time.· But the harm caused by a political culture that makes huge material demands while discouraging economic initiative is incalculable.
· The point came where Garrett could no longer produce enough detectors to meet the demand without setting up his own production line.· The president met that demand with his announcement Tuesday, the first full day of his second term.· Some know how to live in such deserts, and meet their terrible demands.· But if all goes well, it is projected to climb to 1 million a year to meet rising worldwide demand.· Diabetes results when the insulin reserve no longer meets demand.· Because the Yankees had no interest in meeting MacPhail's demand for five players or Sosa's desire for a contract extension.· Mr Babangida and his predecessors have tried to meet competing ethnic demands by spreading power around regional governments in a federal system.· The procedures are in place for the independent counselling service to run the self-help group and supply advocates to meet demand.
· Use of these properties could reduce the projected demand for new housing on greenfield sites.· The apparent means of releasing resources from private uses is to reduce private demand for them.· An increase in mortgage interest rates depresses the demand for home loans as individuals reduce their demand for new housing.· To bridge the gap to replacement fertility, it will be necessary to reduce the demand for large families.· Thus a higher wage rate increases the supply of hours of work, but reduces the demand for hours of work.· Less government borrowing reduces the demand for funds, which in turn leads to lower rates.· Real wage cuts, by reducing aggregate demand, raise the level of Keynesian unemployment.· This will make bricks and tiles even more expensive, and in turn reduce demand.
· His only major mistake lay in the way he responded to the demand for international films.· Instead, they argue that gold is behaving more like a traditional commodity, responding to supply and demand forces.· Moreover, system technology is capable of reducing the time needed to respond to changes in demand or to serve orders.· Occasionally, the state responds positively to these demands.· The Army Council faction has not yet responded to the demand.· Economic growth favours some particular sector of industry, and technology responds to the demand.· Capacity and other resource constraints which may limit the target's ability to respond to increases in demand.· Male speaker With the Maestro and Montego we said we'd respond to customer demand.
· The consequence was that very few Yugoslav enterprises were established mainly to satisfy export demand.· This is obviously satisfied by linear demand.· The extension of the informal conciliatory system will not satisfy the demand for an investigative system.· To satisfy the demands of wealthier parishioners for more comfort during the often lengthy sermons, pews with cushions began to proliferate.· With adequate funding and proper policy the book industry could achieve self sufficiency and satisfy national demand, the report says.· But its use value is its power to satisfy consumer demand for some stimulant.· Sometimes, alternative schemes may be able to satisfy some of these demands more effectively.
· Great technical changes, stimulated by wartime demand, led to increased production.· Growing concern for public safety and improvements in the quality of construction should continue to stimulate demand for construction and building inspectors.· At the outset, emphasis was placed on stimulating industrial demand.· This policy would be used to stimulate aggregate demand to reduce the unemployment caused by these structural changes.· One obvious policy for the achievement of this objective is for government to stimulate aggregate demand by some means or other.
· There is never enough good maiolica to supply the demand, and Christie's had anticipated strong prices.· Instead, they argue that gold is behaving more like a traditional commodity, responding to supply and demand forces.· Many species of bird were virtually wiped out in the early part of the century to supply the demand for decorative feathers.· Incidentally, the possibility that supply and demand will both change in a gig-en period of time is not unlikely.· Households supply labour and demand goods; firms supply goods and demand labour.· Low wages come back to supply and demand.· Households supply labour and demand goods; firms supply goods and demand labour.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► demandsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be besieged with letters/demands/requests etc
- And now, due to popular demand, we can announce the arrival of the Megadisk!
- As in many other countries, popular demands for the introduction of multiparty democracy grew in the first half of 1990.
- Both men created through their activities a popular demand for access to the very wilderness they sought to protect.
- But there is no popular demand, and no need, to overturn our institutions in a fit of impatience.
- Due to popular demand, levels one to three of the original Fast Forward have been split, producing six short intensive courses.
- It was a thing that was created by popular demand.
- Sir Peter was scheduled to sign for one hour, but gave way to popular demand and stayed for three.
- The formative years of many of the elderly who were surveyed was a ti-me of popular demand for greater equality.
- Rahmer is opposed to abortion on demand.
- As in other cases, the deadweight welfare loss depends on the price elasticity of demand.
- As usual, marginal revenue equals the price times one minus one over the elasticity of demand.
- Certainly, there is a high elasticity of demand at the fish market where our Chef Troy shops.
- If preferences are of the S-D-S type, the elasticity of demand is a given constant.
- In calculating the size of deadweight burden triangles under monopoly, different economists have used different estimates of the elasticity of demand.
- Price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded of a good to a change in the price of that good.
- The effect is similar to a change in income and depends upon the income elasticity of demand.
- The relationship between quantity demanded of a commodity and its price is normally measured by the price elasticity of demand.
- Booksellers are in the vanguard and many of them simply can not get enough books to meet demand.
- But, on the theory, to ask if it is true is just to ask if it meets a need.
- Compaq are accelerating production in an attempt to meet demand.
- Education, training and skills development is another way in which the government attempts to meet demands for labour.
- Then it meets requirements for his powerful living.
- There was something fishy about the way supply met demand in an investment bank.
- To meet demand, Cirrus is stepping up production.
- Under the present system the Central Electricity Generating Board is charged with ensuring there is enough power station capacity to meet demand.
- The Government gets its pound of flesh, doesn't it.
WORD FAMILYnoundemanddemandsadjectivedemanding ≠ undemandingverbdemand
1[singular, uncountable] the need or desire that people have for particular goods and services: Production is increasing faster than demand.demand for the demand for new housingin demand (=wanted) As a speaker he was always in demand. → supply and demand2[countable] a very firm request for something that you believe you have the right to get: demonstrations in support of the nationalists’ demandsdemand for their demand for higher salariesdemand that demands that he should resign3demands [plural] the difficult, annoying, or tiring things that you need to do, or a skill you need to havedemand of the demands of modern lifedemand on The curriculum makes great demands on the teacher. There are heavy demands on people’s time these days.place/put demands on/upon somebody/something the increased demands placed on police officers4popular demand when a lot of people have asked for something to be done, performed etcby/due to popular demand (=because of popular demand) The exhibition will run for an extra week, due to popular demand.5on demand formal whenever someone asks: Should you feed your baby on demand, or stick to a timetable?COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + demandhigh (=a lot of people want something)· Demand for housing is higher than ever.low (=not many people want something)· Recently the demand for new cars has been relatively low.a big demand· There’s always a big demand for photographs of celebrities.a great/huge demand (=very big)· There is a huge demand for business software and services.increased/increasing/growing demand· One of the problems is the growing demand for housing.falling demand (=decreasing)· the falling demand for coalconsumer demand (=the desire of consumers to buy goods)· Consumer demand for new technology is strong.verbsmeet/satisfy demand (=supply as much as people need or want)· There are reports that the company cannot produce enough to meet demand.keep up with demand (also keep pace with demand) (=satisfy the demand)· Public funding for higher education has not kept up with demand.cope with demand (=satisfy demand)· The existing services were not capable of coping with the demand for advice.increase/boost demand· A very hard winter boosted the demand for natural gas.reduce demand· Higher interest rates reduce the demand for credit.demand rises/increases· Demand for energy has continued to rise.demand falls (=becomes lower)· Demand for the products has fallen in the last six months.phrasesbe much in demand (also be in great demand) (=be wanted by a lot of people)· Fuel-efficient cars are now much in demand.supply outstrips/exceeds demand (=more is available than people need or want)· In the 1980s, the supply of grain far exceeded the demand.a lack of demand· Many factories closed through lack of demand.a surge in demand (=a sudden increase)· There’s often a surge in demand for the Internet at the weekend.demand1 noundemand2 verb
demanddemand2 ●●● W2 verb [transitive] WORD ORIGINdemand2
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French demander, from Latin mandare ‘to order’VERB TABLE
demand
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | demand |
| he, she, it | demands | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | demanded |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have demanded |
| he, she, it | has demanded | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had demanded |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will demand |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have demanded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am demanding |
| he, she, it | is demanding | |
| you, we, they | are demanding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was demanding |
| you, we, they | were demanding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been demanding |
| he, she, it | has been demanding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been demanding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be demanding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been demanding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "Did you do this?" Kathryn demanded angrily.
- Daley demanded to know why the police had not been called in to stop the rioting.
- How dare you say that! I demand an apology.
- I demand an explanation for your appalling behaviour.
- I caught Alice going through my letters and demanded an immediate explanation.
- Just go to the dry cleaners, show them the dress, and demand that they pay for the damage.
- Parents are demanding greater control over their children's education.
- Realizing that her husband had deceived her, she demanded that he tell her the whole truth.
- State health inspectors have demanded that the city act immediately to clean the water supply.
- The baby demands most of Cindy's time.
- The chief demanded a thorough investigation into the murder.
- The guards demanded to see her I.D. before they allowed her in the building.
- The laboratory was surrounded by protesters demanding an end to the animal experiments.
- The police officer made Neil get out of the car and demanded to see his driver's licence.
- The President demanded the release of the hostages.
- You should demand that they finish the job now, not some time in August.
- Both exchange and mutuality however, demand additional discipline for success.
- One of the men brandished a jagged-edge Bowie knife and demanded that 25-year-old Julie handed over her handbag containing £95.
- Stopped controversially in their first battle, Razor demanded a second go at Tyson.
- The evidence demanded a long time for Earth processes to have had any effect in carving mountains and accumulating sediment.
- The receivers are informed that they are not allowed to ask questions nor to demand repeats of words or phrases.
- Waster and the beggars scorned poor food and demanded better, fine bread instead of that with beans in it and well-cooked meat.
THESAURUSask a question
to speak or write to someone to get an answer: · Did you ask about the price?· They asked me a lot of questions.
formal to ask someone for information about something: · I’m writing to inquire about the job that was advertised in yesterday’s ‘Times’.
especially written to ask a question in a firm or angry way: · ‘Why didn’t you call me?’, she demanded.
to ask someone questions, to find out if they are suitable for a job, or as part of a television or radio interview: · When they interviewed me for the job, they didn’t mention the salary.· David Letterman has interviewed all the stars.
to officially ask a lot of people in order to find out their opinion on something: · Over 1,000 people were polled for the report.· 64% of the people we polled said that they approved of the way the government had handled the crisis.
to ask for something to tell someone you want them to give you something: · I’m going to ask for a pay rise.
to ask for food or drink in a restaurant: · We ordered some more coffee.· Have you ordered yet?
to ask for something in a firm way, insisting that someone gives you what you ask for: · They’re demanding immediate payment.· If the goods are faulty, you can demand a refund.
formal to ask for something: · The pilot requested permission to land.· I enclose the information you requested.
to ask for something in an urgent way, because you want it very much and will be very unhappy if you do not get it: · He begged me for some money.· I’m not going to plead for forgiveness.
to keep asking someone for something, in an annoying way: · She keeps nagging me for a new phone.· People were pestering him for his autograph.
to say firmly that someone should do something or that something should happen: · She insisted that it was her turn to drive.
to say very strongly and sometimes angrily that you want something or that something must happen: · I wrote a letter to the company, demanding an apology and a refund.· The guards demanded to see her ID.
[usually passive] formal if you are required to do something, a rule or law says that you must do it: · The successful applicant will be required to sign a two-year contract.
to say very firmly that something must happen or is right, and refuse to change your mind when other people try to persuade you: · The actress has always been adamant about keeping her private life private.
informal to insist that someone must do what you say or ask: · You’re coming home with me – I won’t take no for an answer.
to say very firmly that someone must not do something: · Ed was talking about dropping out of school, but Mom and Dad put their foot down.
if you need something, you must have it, because you cannot do something without it: · I need your help.· The people desperately need food and clean water.
formal to need something: · Children require a lot of attention.· The game requires great skill.
to be unable to do something without something: · A lot of people can’t do without their mobile phones.
informal to need or want something: · Shall we stop? I could do with a rest.
to need something urgently: · Liz was desperate for a cigarette.· The people are desperate for food.
to be unable to live or continue normally without something or someone: · The refugees are dependent on outside food supplies.
formal if one thing demands another, it needs that thing in order to happen or be done successfully: · The situation is urgent and demands immediate action.
Longman Language Activatorto ask strongly for something or for someone to do something to ask for something, or ask someone to do something, in a firm or angry way that shows you expect them to do it: · I demand an explanation for your appalling behaviour.· The laboratory was surrounded by protesters demanding an end to the animal experiments.· The chief demanded a thorough investigation into the murder.demand to do something: · The police officer made Neil get out of the car and demanded to see his driver's licence.demand that: · Just go to the dry cleaners, show them the dress, and demand that they pay for the damage.
to ask for something, or ask someone to do something, in an anxious way that shows you want it very much: · All right, all right, I'll come! Just stop begging.· He said he wouldn't give me the money unless I got down on my knees and begged him.beg (somebody) for something: · The prisoner was in so much pain all he could do was scream and beg for mercy.· It's the same old story - one night he beats her up, and the next day he begs her for forgiveness.beg somebody to do something: · We all begged him not to drive in the storm, but he wouldn't listen to us.
to ask for something that you want very much, in a sincere and emotional way: · "Please forgive me," she pleaded "I'll never do it again."plead for: · The wife of one of the hostages appeared on TV last night to plead for her husband's life.plead with somebody: · Parker pleaded with his supporters in the crowd to remain calm.
to ask strongly and repeatedly for something important such as a change in the law or the rules, because you think it is necessary: · People in the medical profession are pressing for genuine reforms in policy.· The team is pushing for a new stadium to be built downtown.· Women have been pressing for equal rights and pay for years.
if someone, especially a group of people, calls for something such as justice, equality etc they ask for it strongly and publicly because they think an unfair situation needs to be changed: · Amnesty International has consistently called for the release of political prisoners.· The Football Association is likely to call for a ban on alcohol at football games.· Leaders in both parties are calling for changes in campaign finance laws.
if someone, especially an organization in a bad situation, calls on someone to do something, they ask strongly and urgently for that person to do it because their help is needed: call on/upon somebody to do something: · We are calling upon the government to release all political prisoners.· The Secretary called on all Americans to help stop the abuse and neglect of children.call on/upon somebody for something: · The dance company has called on ballet-lovers everywhere for financial support.
when a law court decides that someone is innocent · "I really need to speak to you now." "Oh, all right if you insist."· We hadn't intended to stay for another drink, but our host insisted.insist (that) · Mom always insists that we keep our rooms neat.· He was a religious man who insisted his children went to church every Sunday.insist on · Many workers now insist on a smoke-free environment.insist on doing something · The man insisted on helping me find a taxi even though I told him I didn't need any help.
to say very strongly and often angrily that something should be done or given to you: · Parents are demanding greater control over their children's education.· I caught Alice going through my letters and demanded an immediate explanation.demand that: · State health inspectors have demanded that the city act immediately to clean the water supply.demand to do something: · The guards demanded to see her I.D. before they allowed her in the building.· Daley demanded to know why the police had not been called in to stop the rioting.
to say firmly that someone must not do something or behave in a particular way: · You'd better put your foot down before those kids get completely out of control.· Ed was talking about dropping out of school, but Mom and Dad put their foot down.
if someone is adamant about something, they say strongly that it must be done or that it is right and no one can persuade them to change their mind: · I didn't want to go to the party, but he was adamant and we ended up going.be adamant about: · The protesters were adamant about staying and making sure their voices were heard.be adamant that: · The company's managing director is adamant that there will be no compromise with the unions.be adamant in your opposition/refusal/desire etc: · The district attorney has been adamant in her refusal to pursue the case.
informal if someone won't take no for an answer, they insist that you must do something, even though you have told them that you do not want to do it: · You simply must come to dinner on Saturday - I won't take no for an answer!· I told him that I didn't want to go out with him, but he wouldn't take no for an answer.
to say repeatedly and strongly that someone should do something, even though they disagree: · My boss finally got me to take the course - he's very insistent.be insistent that: · Eric's parents have been insistent that he and his girlfriend get married.be insistent on: · The principal would be less insistent on kids wearing school uniforms if the school had to pay for them.
if you do something at someone's insistence , you do it because they say you must do it: · Byrd claims he was carrying the gun at his wife's insistence.· At Stevenson's insistence, Reynold's name was kept on the list.at the insistence of somebody: · U.S. troops were finally removed from the country at the insistence of Congress.
informal to insist that someone should not do something, especially because you want to help them in some way: · I've offered to pay Simon for fixing my car, but he won't hear of it.· Jack wouldn't hear of Debbie going back to work so soon after the baby was born.
to tell someone to do something · "Wait here!" he told the children.tell somebody to do something · The teacher told us to be quiet.· I thought I told you to be in bed by 10 o'clock!tell somebody not to do something · She told him not to phone her again.tell somebody (that) · The doctors have told me that I should give up smoking.tell somebody how/what/where etc · Don't tell me how to behave in public!· I'm in charge here, and I'm not going to have anyone telling me what to do.do as you are told (=used to tell children to obey) · Do as you're told and go and wash your hands.
to tell someone to do something in a threatening way: · "Don't move", he ordered.order somebody to do something: · A man with a gun ordered the woman to give him all her money.· He was ordered to pay £4000 towards the court costs of £10,000.order somebody out of/into/back etc: · She pointed her gun at him, ordering him out of the room.
to tell someone politely but firmly to do something or to stop doing something: · Mr Evans, I must ask you to come with me to the police station.ask somebody not to do something: · Would you ask visitors not to park their cars in front of the entrance.
to tell someone that they must do something, especially when you are angry or impatient and want them to do it immediately: demand (that): · You should demand that they finish the job now, not some time in August.· Realizing that her husband had deceived her, she demanded that he tell her the whole truth.demand an apology/a refund etc (=tell someone that they must say they are sorry, give money back etc): · How dare you say that! I demand an apology.
to tell someone firmly and repeatedly that they must do something, especially something that they do not want to do: · I didn't want to tell dad about the fight, but he insisted.insist (that): · I wanted to pay by cheque but the landlord insisted that I pay him in cash.· They're insisting we report the matter to the police right away.
to tell someone exactly what they must do or how they must behave, as if you had power to make them obey you: dictate to: · She refused to be dictated to by some stupid official in Washington.dictate how/what/where etc: · Your parents have no right to dictate how you should spend your money.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I demand to know what’s going on. Too many things demanded his attention at the same time. The public is being fed contradictory messages about the economy. He could never live up to his father’s exacting standards. Volunteers fill a real need for teachers in the Somali Republic. his insatiable appetite for power our insatiable thirst for knowledge His people came to him demanding justice. He was charged with demanding money with menaces. periods of peak demand for electricity The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $250,000. There has still been no ransom demand. the president’s plan to stimulate economic growth the law of supply and demand Don’t let your boss make unreasonable demands on you.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
I demand to know what’s going on. Too many things demanded his attention at the same time.· They demanded that he resign.
· They demanded that he resigned.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=ask forcefully)· Voters are demanding tougher action on gun crime.
· China continued to demand a full apology from the US.
· Nursing as a profession demands genuine commitment.
(=ask for it in an angry way)· Political prisoners are demanding financial compensation.
formal· Writing an exam requires great concentration.
(=things that demand your attention)· the conflicting demands of work and family life
(=the demand for things to buy)· Consumer demand decreased as a result of the recession.
The public is being fed contradictory messages about the economy. (=the amount of something customers want to buy or use)· It’s important to respond quickly to changing customer demand.
(=the amount of a product that people want to buy in a country)· Exports fell by 0.5 percent while domestic demand grew.
(=the amount of electricity that is needed)· There has been a dramatic growth in electricity demand.
(=publicly ask for something to happen or be done)· The union is calling for an end to discrimination.
· The demand for energy in developing countries will continue to grow.
(=ask for it firmly because it is your right)· She marched alongside her mother, demanding equality for women.
He could never live up to his father’s exacting standards.· When I asked for an explanation, the people at the office said they didn't know.· Furious parents are demanding an explanation from the school.
Volunteers fill a real need for teachers in the Somali Republic. British English (=the last bill you receive for money you owe before court action is taken against you)
(=firmly ask for something to stop)· Irish farmers demanded a halt to imports of British cattle.
· She was growing tired of the company’s impossible demands.
his insatiable appetite for power our insatiable thirst for knowledge His people came to him demanding justice. He was charged with demanding money with menaces.· Parents should not demand unquestioning obedience from their children.
periods of peak demand for electricity· A petition calling for an inquiry was signed by 15,118 people.
· She will be performing here again next month, by popular demand.
The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $250,000. There has still been no ransom demand. (=ask for it forcefully)· His political opponents demanded his resignation.
(=ask for it firmly)· We demand the same rights that other European workers enjoy.
· The company was unable to satisfy demand for the product.
the president’s plan to stimulate economic growth the law of supply and demand Don’t let your boss make unreasonable demands on you.· The project would be different from the kind of Al analysis I ordinarily do, but no more demanding.· Is it permissible to vary assignments, to expect less from certain students while demanding more from others?· Education Secretary John Patten believes the £1.4 million venture will raise standards by encouraging parents to demand more from schools.· When my daughter seemed to lose interest in breastfeeding and demanded more solid food, I spent several days feeling depressed.· That behaviour demanded more suffering than just a few uncomfortable hours.· None is more demanding than the increasing clamor for improved quality of care while concomitantly reducing costs.· Moreover, a thorough understanding of the uses of technology may demand more or less understanding of theoretical science.· My expectations of students have gotten much more demanding, and they have met them.
NOUN· His control in these cases is such that he alone decides whether or not to sample, whether or not to demand remedial action.· But at the session, the young men led by Bose and Nehru demanded action.· He demanded action be taken at once.· The Archdiocese of Los Angeles put Llanos on leave in 1994, after the first alleged victim demanded action.· At this stage, the need to control war to prevent it becoming a tragic and self-defeating activity demanded strong action.· This is a soul cleansing, carefully detailing the surrounding circumstances and the pressures that demanded that action be taken immediately.· Sometimes the sheer scale of the horror may demand action.· This demands balancing action and patience in moving teams up the performance curve.
· The commander wrote to the editor, demanding an apology.· In Iowa Friday, Forbes challenged the ad as untrue and demanded an apology from the Dole campaign.
· Every day, and sometimes hourly, another batch of papers reaches the manager demanding his attention.· It was true that a major problem had just cropped up which demanded immediate attention.· They demanded attention which it was not humanly possible to give.· Too many things demanded his attention at the same rime.· The game demands a lot of attention and plenty of time in the manual and help screens.· Nevertheless, it is possible to identify a number of matters which are likely to demand much attention in the early nineties.· To tell your problems is to demand attention.
· In the beginning they demanded small change, but now they ask me for £2 or £3 every time they see me.· So they constantly demanded changes in the structure of government in the district in order to distribute power-and taxes-more equably.· As consumers we can demand a change in the manufacture of products that are threatening our health now.· The young people in the plant were demanding some kind of change.· He demanded changes to the law so repeat offences could be taken into account when passing sentence.· These new ideas demand radical changes in the design of the entire business process.· First, the scale of the New Zealand landscape has demanded important changes.· The cause of a change in the quantity demanded is a change in the price of the product under consideration.
· As consumers we can demand a change in the manufacture of products that are threatening our health now.· The medicine-cabinet market also has been responsive to changing lifestyles and consumer demands.· But consumers are starting to demand more variety.
· These nations are demanding an end to all trade in ivory.· Suspecting the worst, editorial boards and other high-minded folks demand an end to soft money.· They demanded an end to the use of racism by management to divide workers.· Business demanded an end to controls on production and prices.· In 1958 Oji Paper, one of the biggest paper-makers, demanded an end to the closed shop.· Pittston also demanded an end to the full health-care plan, and sought cuts in health and pension benefits for retired miners.
· They are also demanding that the government guarantee their security.· The peasants planned to join a demonstration to demand that the state government supply fertilizer and other assistance for their poor farms.· It was easier for them to demand money from the Government than argue plans past their local unions.· It also demanded that the Government immediately underwrite the total costs facing islanders and the local authority.· Now many of the rest of us are demanding that the government give us better security.· An increase in the number of locally-issued debt could push yields higher by crowding out demand for government bonds.
· For certain crimes, justice demands the ultimate punishment.· Justice requires atonement, and justice demands reform.
· Hijras venture out into the streets to demand money from whoever seems affluent enough.· Panhandlers always demanding money so they can sustain their lifestyles.· It was easier for them to demand money from the Government than argue plans past their local unions.· With Income and hence the transactions demand for money rising less than wealth, one would expect time deposits to rise.· The two men demanded money from Mr McErlean but he refused.· Crane arrested the unarmed man, who is accused of giving a teller a note demanding money.· This would reduce aggregate demand directly and thus reduce the transactions demand for money.· Mutual funds sometimes raise cash for liquidity, worried the number of customers demanding their money back might rise suddenly.
· By balancing the quantities supplied and demanded, prices ensure that the final quantity of goods being consumed can be produced.· One reason: Cellular services that buy phones from Motorola have demanded ever-lower prices for their bulk orders.· But cell doors had become fashionable in Punta del Este and the owner of the shop demanded an impossible price.· Consumers are pushing retailers to the wall, demanding lower prices, better quality, a large selection of in-season goods.· Maybe what I can't help bringing into some of my work is that all this beauty on Koraloona demands a price.· More of a particular resource will be demanded at a low price than at a high price.· But if investors also believed share prices would fall, they would demand a higher price for their money.· It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.
· By balancing the quantities supplied and demanded, prices ensure that the final quantity of goods being consumed can be produced.· Producing appreciable quantities demands somewhat laborious and delicate manipulations of yeast.· The relationship between quantity demanded of a commodity and its price is normally measured by the price elasticity of demand.· Any price below the equilibrium price will entail a shortage; that is, quantity demanded will exceed quantity supplied.· Price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded of a good to a change in the price of that good.· It slopes downward and to the right because the relationship it portrays between price and quantity demanded is negative or inverse.· In such circumstances, it is more appropriate to treat the quantity demanded as the total expenditure on the skiing trip.· Or, alternatively, other things being equal, as price increases, the corresponding quantity demanded falls.
· The letters were demanded as ransom.· We are used to evil men demanding a ransom before their victim can be released.· Sams has pleaded guilty to kidnapping Stephanie, unlawfully imprisoning her and demanding a £175,000 ransom.· The unidentified gunmen have demanded a £1.2m ransom, he said.· Although they said they would demand a ransom of $ 5m for each man, they never did.· Within hours the kid napper demanded a ransom of £175,000 from estate agents Shipways.
· News of the arrests prompted demonstrations demanding the leaders' release in the Basque towns of San Sebastian and Ordizia.· Local sheriffs have been bombarded with mail and phone calls from his supporters demanding his release.· Thousands ringed the court building to demand the release of Mr Czarnogursky.· In April 1649 several hundred of them besieged Parliament, demanding the release of the Leveller leaders from prison.· She remained in jail for sixteen months while a massive international campaign demanded her release.· A huge amount of mail poured into Rough Trade's offices demanding some form of release of the legendary Smiths radio sessions.
· They also demanded the resignation of Kabardino-Balkaria's President, Valery Kokov, who had introduced the state of emergency.· Bao Dai, isolated and confused in his palace in Hue, had received a message from the Vietminh demanding his resignation.· Opposition groups met on March 23 and demanded the President's resignation.· On Dec. 21 over 20,000 protested in Bucharest demanding the resignation of Iliescu and the government.· Izvestiya of June 18 reported that the Supreme Soviet was being picketed by protesters demanding the government's resignation and early elections.· Tens of thousands of protesters were marching toward the presidential palace to demand his immediate resignation.· Instead, the pitch was taken over by massed Southend fans demanding the resignation of chairman Vic Jobson.· As his more vocal opponents began to demand his resignation, Wahid insisted he still had Megawati's support.
· Soldier's parents demand the return of his body.· A Prussian soldier spotted them and demanded the return of their booty.· Clothiers in Baintree and Barking followed suit and demanded the return of thrums from their weavers.· By the 1990s, large and institutional investors had abandoned the search for security and demanded instead fat returns on investments.· Interestingly, it is the right that now demands the return of narrative.· A largely black protest march was held here recently to demand the return of safe streets.· This it did by demanding a return to the family and Victorian values.· At the same time, investors are demanding a higher return to account for the added risk that patients may live longer.
· Problems would seem to exist on both the supply and demand side of the labour market for designers.· Suppose first that supply and demand both increase.· What factors would we expect to cause changes in the supply and demand for bills?· Fifth, customer-driven systems waste less, because they mash supply to demand.· Deep tax cuts enacted in 1981, as the supply siders had demanded, only produced soaring federal deficits.· Two cases are possible when it is supposed that supply and demand change in opposite directions.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be besieged with letters/demands/requests etc
- As in other cases, the deadweight welfare loss depends on the price elasticity of demand.
- As usual, marginal revenue equals the price times one minus one over the elasticity of demand.
- Certainly, there is a high elasticity of demand at the fish market where our Chef Troy shops.
- If preferences are of the S-D-S type, the elasticity of demand is a given constant.
- In calculating the size of deadweight burden triangles under monopoly, different economists have used different estimates of the elasticity of demand.
- Price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded of a good to a change in the price of that good.
- The effect is similar to a change in income and depends upon the income elasticity of demand.
- The relationship between quantity demanded of a commodity and its price is normally measured by the price elasticity of demand.
- Booksellers are in the vanguard and many of them simply can not get enough books to meet demand.
- But, on the theory, to ask if it is true is just to ask if it meets a need.
- Compaq are accelerating production in an attempt to meet demand.
- Education, training and skills development is another way in which the government attempts to meet demands for labour.
- Then it meets requirements for his powerful living.
- There was something fishy about the way supply met demand in an investment bank.
- To meet demand, Cirrus is stepping up production.
- Under the present system the Central Electricity Generating Board is charged with ensuring there is enough power station capacity to meet demand.
- The Government gets its pound of flesh, doesn't it.
WORD FAMILYnoundemanddemandsadjectivedemanding ≠ undemandingverbdemand
1to ask for something very firmly, especially because you think you have a right to do this: Angry demonstrators demanded the resignation of two senior officials.demand to know/see/have etc something I demand to know what’s going on.demand that They demanded that the military government free all political prisoners.demand something of somebody It seemed that no matter what she did, more was demanded of her. ‘Where are you going?’ she demanded angrily.► see thesaurus at ask, insist2if one thing demands another, it needs that thing in order to happen or be done successfully: Too many things demanded his attention at the same time. It’s a desperate situation demanding a desperate remedy.GRAMMAR: Patterns with demand• You demand something: · I demand an explanation!• You demand to do something: · She demanded to see the manager.• In everyday English, you demand that someone does something: · I demand that he apologizes.• In formal English, you demand that someone do something, using the base form of the verb (=the infinitive without ‘to’): · His opponents are demanding that he resign. ✗Don’t say: demand someone to do something• You use the base form of the verb when talking about the past: · They demanded that he resign. In everyday English, people also say: · They demanded that he resigned.• You demand that someone should do something: · His opponents demanded that he should resign. This pattern is often used in the past, when reporting what someone has demanded.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS