To ask or require as by right or authority, or as that to which one has some valid claim; lay claim to; exact: as, parents demand obedience; what price do you demand?To ask or interrogate by authority or in a formal manner.To ask for with insistence or urgency; make a positive requisition for; exact as a tribute or a concession: as, the thief demanded my purse.To call for; require as necessary or useful: as, the execution of this work demands great care.In law, to summon to court: as, being demanded, he does not come.To make a demand; inquire peremptorily; ask.n. An asking for or a claim made by virtue of a right or supposed right to the thing sought; an authoritative claim; an exaction: as, the demands of one's creditors.n. An insistent asking or requisition; exaction without reference to right: as, the demands of a blackmailer.n. That which is demanded or required; something claimed, exacted, or necessary: as, what are your demands upon the estate? the demands upon one's time; the demands of nature.n. The state of being in request or sought after; requisition; call.n. Specifically In political economics, the desire to purchase and possess, coupled with the power of purchasing: sometimes technically called effectual demand: as, the supply exceeds the demand; there is no demand for pig-iron.n. In law:n. The right to claim anything from another person, whether founded on contract or tort, or superior right of property.n. The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due, either expressly by words, or by implication, as by seizure of goods or entry into lands.n. Inquiry; question; interrogation.