demand

Claim as due or just.

“The bank demanded payment of the loan”

Require as useful, just, or proper.

“This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”

Ask to be informed of.

“I demand an explanation”

Lay legal claim to.

Request urgently and forcefully.

“The victim's family is demanding compensation”

“The boss demanded that he be fired immediately”

Summon to court.

The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.

“the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips”

“the demand exceeded the supply”

The act of demanding.

“the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money”

Required activity.

“there were many demands on his time”

A condition requiring relief.

“there is a demand for jobs”

An urgent or peremptory request.

“his demands for attention were unceasing”