demand
The desire to purchase goods and services.
Example
“Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.”
Other meanings
The market force that causes buyers to be both willing and able to buy a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently salable at any given price point; the amount itself.
“Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.”
A forceful claim for something.
“Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.”
Related words
- demand-driven
- in demand
- income elasticity of demand
- on demand
- biochemical oxygen demand
- biological oxygen demand
- composite demand
- cross elasticity of demand
- demand characteristic
- demand curve
- demand deposit
- demand destruction
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "demando" (dēmandō, dēmandāre).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “demand” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.