demand
noun
[ dɪˈmɑːnd ]
• an insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.
• "a series of demands for far-reaching reforms"
Similar:
request,
call,
command,
order,
dictate,
ultimatum,
stipulation,
insistence,
pressure,
clamour,
importunity,
urging,
a big ask,
behest,
hest,
demand
verb
• ask authoritatively or brusquely.
• "‘Where is she?’ he demanded"
Similar:
order to,
command to,
tell to,
call on to,
enjoin to,
urge to,
bid,
ask,
inquire,
question,
interrogate,
challenge,
Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from Old French demande (noun), demander (verb), from Latin demandare ‘hand over, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘demand’), from de- ‘formally’ + mandare ‘to order’.
