Meaning

• The desire to purchase goods and services.

  "Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply."

• The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.

• A forceful claim for something.

  "Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality."

• A requirement.

  "His job makes many demands on his time."

• An urgent request.

  "She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention."

• An order.

• (electricity supply) More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.

Meaning

• To request forcefully.

  "I demand to see the manager."

• To claim a right to something.

  "The bank is demanding the mortgage payment."

• To ask forcefully for information.

  "I demand an immediate explanation."

• To require of someone.

  "This job demands a lot of patience."

• To issue a summons to court.