demand
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(verb) request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" |
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Related Words: ask, bespeak, call for, clamor, clamour, dun, expect, press, push, quest, request, require, want |
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(noun) the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money" |
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Related Words: activity, claim, exaction |
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(verb) claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" |
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Synonyms: exact |
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Related Words: call, call in, claim, command |
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(verb) ask to be informed of: "I demand an explanation" |
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Related Words: bespeak, call for, quest, request |
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(verb) summon to court |
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Related Words: call for, cite, summon, summons |
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(verb) lay legal claim to |
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Related Words: claim |
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(noun) an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing" |
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Related Words: call, challenge, claim, insistence, insisting, margin call, pay claim, petition, request, requisition, ultimatum, wage claim |
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(noun) the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply" |
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Related Words: consumption, economic consumption, economic process, usance, use, use of goods and services |
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Antonyms: supply |
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(noun) required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time" |
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Synonyms: requirement |
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Related Words: duty, obligation, responsibility |
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(noun) a condition requiring relief; "she satified his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" |
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Synonyms: need |
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Related Words: condition, deficiency, lack, necessity, status, want |
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(verb) require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner demands a spectacular dessert" |
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Synonyms: ask, call for, involve, necessitate, need, require, take |
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Related Words: call for, claim, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, imply, involve, take |
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