demand

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n.

urgent request

1) to make a demand

2) to meet, satisfy a demand; to give in to, yield to a demand

3) to reject a demand

4) to drop a demand

5) an excessive, exorbitant; inexorable; moderate, modest, reasonable; terroristic demand

6) union; wage demands

7) a demand for; on (a demand for compensation; to make demands on smb.'s time)

8) a demand that + clause; subj. (they rejected our demand that no one be/should be punished)

9) at, on demand (payment on demand)

desire for a commodity

10) to create a demand

11) to meet, satisfy a demand

12) (a) brisk, enormous, great, strong; limited demand

13) a demand for (there is a brisk demand for home computers)

14) in demand (small care are in great demand)

15) consumer demand

misc.

16) the law of supply and demand

II

v.

1) (D; tr.) to demand from, of (to demand an apology from smb.)

2) (E) she demands to be informed of everything

3) (L; subj.) we demanded that he help us

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enormous

exorbitant

great

inexorable

limited demand

moderate

modest

reasonable

satisfy a demand

strong

terroristic demand

to give in to

wage demands

yield to a demand

on (a demand for compensation; to make demands on smb. 's time)

on demand (payment on demand)

subj. (they rejected our demand that no one be/should be punished)

of (to demand an apology from smb.)

(D; tr.) to demand from

(E) she demands to be informed of everything

(L; subj.) we demanded that he help us

(a) brisk

['desire for a commodity'] to create a demand

['misc. '] the law of supply and demand

['urgent request'] to make a demand

a demand that + clause

an excessive

at

consumer demand

to drop a demand

to meet

to reject a demand

union

in demand (small cars are in great demand)

a demand for (there is a brisk demand for home computers)