noun 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.
noun A forceful claim for something.
Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality.
noun A requirement.
His job makes many demands on his time.
noun An urgent request.
She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention.
noun An order.
noun 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.