demand

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. require, charge; levy, exact, order, call for, claim, requisition. See command, necessity. —n. requirement, requisition; ultimatum; market; command. See price, justice.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A peremptory communication]

Syn. order, call, charge, request; see command 1 .

2. [Willingness to purchase]

Syn. trade, request, sale, bid, need, requirement, interest, vogue, call for, rush, pursuit, search, inquiry, deSire to buy, market; see also deSire 1 .

Ant. indifference*, lack of interest, sales resistance.

• in demand,

Syn. sought after, deSired, requested; see popular 1 , wanted .

• on demand,

Syn. ready, prepared, usable, when requested, when required, when due, payable, collect, C.O.D., on call; see also available , due .

v.

1. [To ask]

Syn. charge, direct, enjoin; see ask 1 , command 1 .

2. [To require]

Syn. call for, oblige, necessitate; see need , require 2 .

See Synonym Study at require .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

requirement, bid, call, order, charge, request, command, petition, ultimatum, injunction, appeal.

II

v.

order, insist on, press, ask, bid, compel, requisition, exact, command, necessitate, require, urge, summon, implore.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To ask for urgently or insistently: call for, claim, exact, insist on (or upon), require, requisition. Idiom: cry out for. See REQUEST. 2. To assert one's right to: claim. Idiom: lay claim to. See GIVE, OWNED, REQUEST. 3. To have as a need or prerequisite: ask, call for, entail, involve, necessitate, require, take. See NECESSARY, OVER. II noun 1. The act of demanding: call, claim, cry, exaction, requisition. See REQUEST. 2. Something asked for or needed: exigence, exigency (often used in plural), need, want. See NECESSARY, OVER.