<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.</li><li>to ask for peremptorily or urgently: He demanded sanctuary. She demanded that we let her in.</li><li>to call for or require as just, proper, or necessary: This task demands patience. Justice demands objectivity.</li><li>to lay formal legal claim to.</li><li>to summon, as to court.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to make a demand; inquire; ask.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of demanding.</li><li>something that is demanded.</li><li>an urgent or pressing requirement: demands upon one's time.</li><li>Economics: the desire to purchase, coupled with the power to do so.</li><li>the quantity of goods that buyers will take at a particular price.</li><li>a requisition; a legal claim: The demands of the client could not be met.</li><li>the state of being wanted or sought for purchase or use: an article in great demand.</li><li>Archaic: inquiry; question.</li></ul>