Meaning & use
demand
A firm, insistent request for something, or the desire of buyers for a particular good or service.
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The workers issued a demand for higher wages and better safety conditions.
Demand for the new phone was so high that stores sold out within hours.
A note on using this word
In economics, demand specifically refers to how much of a good consumers want at a given price, a more technical sense than the everyday meaning of an insistent request.
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