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demander
de·mand D0118100 (dĭ-mănd′)v. de·mand·ed, de·mand·ing, de·mands v.tr.1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily: demand an investigation into the murder; demanding that he leave immediately; demanded to speak to the manager.2. To claim as just or due: demand repayment of a loan.3. To ask to be informed of: demanded an explanation for the interruption.4. To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for: a gem that demands a fine setting.5. Law a. To lay legal claim to; claim formally.b. To ask that (something) be done in accordance with a legal requirement.v.intr. To make a demand.n.1. An act of demanding; an urgent request.2. Something demanded: on strike until they get their demands.3. An urgent requirement or need: the heavy demands of her job; the emotional demands of his marriage; an increased oxygen demand.4. The state of being sought after: in great demand as a speaker.5. Economics The desire for goods or services in an economy, measured as the amount people are ready to buy at a given price: Supply should rise to meet demand.6. Law a. A formal claim.b. A request that some act be done or payment made in accordance with a legal requirement.7. Archaic An emphatic question or inquiry.Idiom: on demand1. When presented for payment: a note payable on demand.2. When needed or asked for: fed the baby on demand.
[Middle English demanden, from Old French demander, to charge with doing, and from Medieval Latin dēmandāre, to demand, both from Latin, to entrust : dē-, de- + mandāre, to entrust; see man- in Indo-European roots.]
de·mand′a·ble adj.de·mand′er n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | demander - a person who makes demandsindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" |
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Words related to demandernoun a person who makes demandsRelated Words- individual
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