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Rhymes with -ɑːnd, -ænd

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Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.

Proto-Italic *-ðō

Proto-Italic *manuðō

Latin mandō

Latin demandāre

Old French demanderbor.

Middle English demaunden

English demand

From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”).

countable, uncountable The desire to purchase goods and services. Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply.
countable, uncountable 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.
countable, uncountable A forceful claim for something. Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.
countable, uncountable A requirement. His job makes many demands on his time.
countable, uncountable An urgent request. She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.
countable, uncountable An order.
countable, uncountable 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.