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Definition: Demand |
DemandNoun1. The ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply". 2. An urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing". 3. A condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs". 4. The act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money". 5. Required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time". Verb1. Request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager". 2. Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert". 3. Claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan". 4. Lay legal claim to. 5. Summon to court. 6. Ask to be informed of: "I demand an explanation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "demand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Building & Civil Engineering | Amount of water needed for irrigation based on elements of time and quantity, and related to a particular point along the irrigation system, such as "demand at farm", "demand at outlet", "demand at distributary head", "demand at head of canal" Source: European Union. (references) |
Business | The claim is a just title to something in the possession or at the disposal of another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that a demand for charity comes in upon you, denotes that you will be placed in embarrassing situations, but by your persistency you will fully restore your good standing. If the demand is unjust, you will become a leader in your profession. For a lover to command you adversely, implies his, or her, leniency. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | The value at any given moment of the power absorbed or supplied at any point of a system as determined by an instantaneous measurement or by the integration of power during a given period of time. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The magnitude of an electricity supply, expressed in kilowatts or kilovoltamperes. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The rate at which electric energy is delivered to or by a system, part of a system or piece of equipment, at a given instant or averaged over any designated period of time. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Energy | The rate at which electricity is delivered to or by a system, part of a system, or piece of equipment expressed in kilowatts, kilovoltamperes, or other suitable unit, at a given instant or averaged over a specified period of time. (references) |
| The rate at which energy is delivered to loads and schedulingpoints by generation, transmission or distribution facilities. (references) | |
Medicine | Pacing mode where the stimulus is emitted at the set escape rate in the absence of spontaneous activity. If spontaneous activity is sensed after the end of the pacemaker refractory period, the pacer output is inhibited and a new timing cycle begins. The new timing cycle may be of different duration, depending on whether it was begun by a paced or sensed event [VE1]. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | The load averaged during a short period of time. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In microeconomic theory, the theory of supply and demand explains how the price and quantity of goods sold in markets are determined.
In general where goods are traded in a market, prices of goods tend to rise when the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied at that price, leading to a shortage, and conversely that prices tend to fall when quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded. This causes the market to approach an equilibrium point at which quantity supplied is equal to the quantity demanded. Price is thus seen as a function of supply curves and demand curves.
The theory of supply and demand is important in the functioning of a market economy in that it explains the mechanism by which most resource allocation decisions are made.
The theory of supply and demand is usually developed assuming that markets are perfectly competitive. This means that there are many small buyers and sellers, each of which is unable to influence the price of the good on its own.
Simple Supply and Demand curves
This can be illustrated with the following graph:
The demand curve is the amount that will be bought at a given price. The supply curve is the quantity that producers are willing to make at a given price. As you can see, more will be purchased when the price is lower (the quantity goes up). On the other hand, as the price goes up, producers are willing to produce more goods. Where these cross is the equilibrium. This will create a price of P and a quantity of Q since that is where the two lines cross.
In the figure straight lines are drawn instead of the more general curves. See also Price elasticity of demand.
Demand curve shifts
When more people want something the demand curve will shift right. An example of this would be more people suddenly wanting more coffee. This will cause the demand curve to shift from the initial curve D0 to the new curve D1. This raises the equilibrium price from P0 to the higher P1. This raises the equilibrium quantity from Q0 to the higher Q1. In this situation, we say that there has been an increase in demand which has caused an extension in supply.
Conversely, if the demand decreases, the opposite happens. If the demand starts at D1, and then decreases to D0, the price will decrease and the quantity supplied will decrease - a contraction in supply.
Supply curve shifts
When the suppliers costs change the supply curve will shift. For example, if someone invents a better way of growing wheat, then the amount of wheat that can be grown for a given price will increase. This creates a shift from a original supply curve S0 to a new lower supply curve S1 - a decrease in supply. This causes the equilibrium price to decrease from P0 to P1. The equilibrium quantity increases from Q0 to Q1 as the quantity demanded increases - an extension in demand. Notice that the price and the quantity move in opposite directions in a supply curve shift.
Conversely, if the supply increases, the opposite happens. If the supply curve starts at S1, and then shifts to S0, the price will increase and the quantity will decrease as there is a contraction in demand.
Effects of being away from the Equilibrium Point
If the price is set too high, such as at P1, then the quantity produced will be Qs. The quantity demanded will be Qd. Since the quantity demanded is less than the quantity suppied there will be a oversupply problem. If the price is too low, then too little will be produced to meet demand at that price. This will cause a undersupply problem. Businesses responses to both these problems restores the quantity and the price to the equilibrium. In the case of oversupply, the businesses will soon have too much execess inventory, so they will lower prices to reduce this.
Vertical Supply Curve
It is sometimes the case that the supply curve is vertical. For example, the amount of land in the world can be considered fixed. In this case, no matter how much someone would be willing to pay for one more acre of land, the extra can not be created. Also, even if no one wanted all the land, it still would exist. These conditions create a vertical supply curve. In the short run near vertical supply curves are even more common. For example, if the Super Bowl is next week, increasing the number of seats in the stadium is almost impossible. The supply of tickets for the game can be considered vertical in this case. If the organizers of this event underestimated demand, then it may very well be the case that the price that they set is below the equilibrium price. In this case there will likely be people who paid the lower price who only value the ticket at that price, and people who could not get tickets, even though they would be willing to pay more. If some of the people who value the tickets less sell them to people who are willing to pay more (i.e. scalp the tickets), then the effective price will rise to the equilibrium price.
The below graph illustrates a vertical supply curve. When the demand 1 is in effect, the price will p1. When demand 2 is occurring, the price will be p2. Notice that at both values the quantity is Q. Since the supply is fixed, any shifts in demand will only effect price.
Other market forms
In a situation in which there are many sellers but a single monopoly supplier can adjust the supply and price of a good at will, the monopolist will adjust the price so that his profit is maximised given the amount that is demanded at that price. A similar analysis using supply and demand can be applied when a good has a single buyer, a monopsony, but many sellers.
Where there are both few buyers or few sellers, the theory of supply and demand cannot be applied because both decisions of the buyers and sellers are interdependent - changes in supply can affect demand and vice versa. Game theory can be used to analyse this kind of situation. See also oligopoly.
The supply curve does not have to be linear. However, if the supply is from a profit maximizing firm, it can be proven that supply curves are not downward sloping (i.e. if the price increases, the quantity supplied will not decrease). Supply curves from profit maximizing firms can be vertical or horizontal or upward sloping.
Standard microeconomic assumptions can not be used to prove that the demand curve is downward sloping. However, despite years of searching, no generally agreed upon example of a good that has an upward sloping demand curve has been found (also known as a giffen good). Non-economists sometimes think that this would not be the case for certain goods. For example, some people will buy a luxury car because it is expensive. In this case the good demanded is actually prestige, and not a car, so when the price of the luxury car decreases, it is actually changing the amount of prestige so the demand is not decreasing since it is a different good (see Veblen good).
Discrete Example
The above discussion of supply and demand can be thought of in terms of individual people interacting at a market. Suppose the following people exist:
There are many possible trades that would be mutually agreeable to both people, but not all of them will happen. For example, Cathy would be willing to trade with Fred for any price between $25 and $30. If the price is above $30, Cathy is not interested, since the price is too high. If the price is below $25, Fred is not interested since the price is too low. Of course, just because a trade is possible, doesn't mean it will happen. Each of the sellers will try and get as high of a price as possible, and each of the buyers will try and get as low of a price as possible.
- Alice is willing to pay $10 for a sack of potatoes.
- Bob is willing to pay $20 for a sack of potatoes.
- Cathy is willing to pay $30 for a sack of potatoes.
- Dan is willing to sell a sack of potatoes for $5.
- Emily is willing to sell a sack of potatoes for $15.
- Fred is willing to sell a sack of potatoes for $25.
Imagine that Cathy and Fred are bartering over the price. Fred offers $25 dollars for a sack of potatoes. Cathy is just about ready to agree when Emily offers to sell a sack of potatoes for $24 dollars. Fred is not willing to sell at $24 dollars, so he drops out. At this point, Dan can offer to sell for $12. Emily won't sell for that amount so it looks like the deal might go through. At this point however, Bob steps in and offers $14 dollars. At this point, we have two people who are willing to pay $14 dollars for a sack of potatoes (Cathy and Bob), but only one person (Dan) willing to sell for $14 dollars. So the price must go up because Cathy and Bob are both willing to pay more than $14 dollars. As soon as the price hits $15 dollars, Emily will be willing to sell so there are now two people willing to pay $15 dollars and two people willing to sell at $15 dollars so the trades can happen. But what about Fred and Alice? Well, Fred and Alice are not willing to trade with each other since Alice is only willing to pay $10 and Fred will not sell for any amount under $25. Alice can't outbid Cathy or Bob to try and purchase from Dan so Alice will not be able to get a trade with them. Fred can't underbid Dan or Emily so he will not be able to get a trade with Cathy. In otherwords, a stable equilbrium has been reached.
A supply and demand graph could also be drawn from this. The demand would be:
The supply would be:
- 1 person is willing to pay $30 (Cathy).
- 2 people are willing to pay $20 (Cathy and Bob).
- 3 people are willing to pay $10 (Cathy, Bob, and Alice).
And here is the graphs:
- 1 person is willing to sell for $5 (Dan).
- 2 people are willing to sell for $15 (Dan and Emily).
- 3 people are willing to sell for $25 (Dan, Emily, and Fred).
- See also: Microeconomics, Externalities, Taxes and Subsidies, Deadweight loss, Consumer and producer surplus, Consumer Theory, Rationing.
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Synonyms: DemandSynonyms: requirement (n), ask (v), call for (v), exact (v), involve (v), necessitate (v), need (v), require (v), take (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: supply (n), obviate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Command | Demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication; ultimatum; (terms); request; requirement. |
Bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct; require at the hands of; exact, impose, tax, task; demand; insist on; (compel). | |
Desire | Desirable; desired; Verb: in demand; pleasing; (giving pleasure); appetizing, appetible; tantalizing. |
Dueness | Noun: due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, claim, pretension, demand, birthright. immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested right. |
Demand, claim; call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for; revendicate, reclaim; exact; insist on, insist upon; challenge; take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good; substantiate; vindicate a claim, vindicate a right; fit for, qualify for; make out a case. | |
Inquiry | Question, demand; put the question, pop the question, propose the question, propound the question, moot the question, start the question, raise the question, stir the question, suggest the question, put forth the question, ventilate the question, grapple with the question, go into a question. |
Money | Bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account; certificate of deposit, CD. |
Price | Verb: bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; distrain; run up a bill; (debt); have one's price; liquidate. |
Noun: price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure; demand, damage; fare, hire, wages; (remuneration); value; a. | |
Property | Interest, stake, estate, right, claim, demand, holding; tenure; (possession); vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest; use, trust, benefit; legal estate, equitable estate; seizin, seisin. |
Requirement | Requisition; (request), (exaction); run upon; demand, call for. |
Adjective: required; Verb: requisite, needful, necessary, imperative, essential, indispensable, prerequisite; called for; in demand, in request. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I demand to have some booze (Withnail and I; writing credit: Bruce Robinson.) You are coming back with me to Seattle where I will demand a full pardon, a parade, and a little pink poodle (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) Back in 1995, short-sighted retailers did not order enough dolls to meet demand. (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter) I expect and demand your very best (Crimson Tide; writing credit: Michael Schiffer. filmmaker Quentin Tarantino revised portions of the dialogue) Since no one is to blame, I-- I demand no explanation (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) | |
Lyrics | I wouldn't make another demand all my life (Tuesday's Dead; performing artist: Cat Stevens) To demand (Miss Me Blind; performing artist: Culture Club) Demand our right to the sacred gift called moments (Anarchy Through Capitolism; performing artist: Kottonmouth Kings) When she's in demand (Billie Jean; performing artist: MICHAEL JACKSON) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Final Demand (1966) Cash on Demand (1961) Man in Demand (1955) Payment on Demand (1951) By Popular Demand (1950) | |
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 | Flooding of low-lying areas at Holland Cliffs Shores by extreme high tides. Land is being lost at a rate of 1" per year in the Chesapeake Bay region due to combination of sea level rise and subsidence caused by lowering water tables. As population grows, so does demand for fresh water causing further subsidence, making events such as this increasingly common. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | It was sure to attract attention and provoke envy and demand for one like it. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | President Lyndon Johnson at the bedside of the sick public as Goldwater rushes in with "Equal time demand" bag. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | One business where there is no let up in demand. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The people demand of the United States the [...] repeal of the resumption law, remonetization of silver [...]. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dr. Benjamin Spock (center, foreground) leading march to the United Nations to demand a cease-fire in Vietnam. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Production. Tin smelting. Pure tin for the countless war needs of the United Nations is produced from South American ore in this American smelter. The plant, recently built in a Southern city, is being rapidly enlarged to meet the heavy demand for the inv. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cots in demand because of oil boom, Salem, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Free abortion on demand : every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother : confront Ottawa Feb. 13. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | We demand that the United States government end its systematic oppression of political dissidents ... : strike!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Behind the Flowers" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "Sometimes the leaves demand spotlight over the blooms." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Gerald W. Johnson | Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all. |
Henry Wheeler Shaw | As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. |
John Ruskin | No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art. |
Maximilien Robespierre | Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day? |
Red Auerbach | The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. |
Soren Kierkegaard | People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. |
Thomas Carlyle | "A fair day's wages for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the everlasting right of man. |
W. Clement Stone | When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it. |
Wagner | Let your needs rule you -- pamper them and you will see them multiply like insects in the sun. The more you give them the more they demand. |
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John Locke | 1690 | That, he who has suffered the damage has a right to demand in his own name, and he alone can remit: the damnified person has this power of appropriating to himself the goods or service of the offender, by right of self-preservation, as every man has a power to punish the crime, to prevent its being committed again, by the right he has of preserving all mankind, and doing all reasonable things he can in order to that end: and thus it is, that every man, in the state of nature, has a power to kill a murderer, both to deter others from doing the like injury, which no reparation can compensate, by the example of the punishment that attends it from every body, and also to secure men from the attempts of a criminal, who having renounced reason, the common rule and measure God hath given to mankind, hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and therefore may be destroyed as a lyon or a tyger, one of those wild savage beasts, with whom men can have no society nor security: and upon this is grounded that great law of nature, Who so sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 2: A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Meantime the markets kept ever growing, the demand ever rising. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Allied and Associated Governments interested may demand the delivery, in place of coal, of metallurgical coke in the proportion of 3 tons of coke to 4 tons of coal. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1935) |
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The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | " Instead, they demand "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make? |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At the same time that weary men demand repose, accomplished facts demand guarantees |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It is a ridiculous demand which England and America make, that you shall speak so that they can understand you. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Demand allegiance to a cult-like, charismatic leader. (references) | |
As demand for surgery grows and it becomes available at more hospitals, quality of care must be maintained. (references) | ||
Putting money into the hands of family members raises concerns about the so-called "woodwork effect" (i.e., inducing demand). (references) | ||
Business | Portable equipment is also in demand. (references) | |
Supply and demand determine compensation. (references) | ||
Marine electronics are also in high demand. (references) | ||
Children | China | Some charitable schools have opened in recent years in rural areas, but not enough to meet demand. (references) |
Guyana | In a related practice, parents demand monetary compensation following the rape of a teenage daughter. (references) | |
Armenia | Some teachers are known to demand bribes from parents in return for good or passing grades for their children. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Iran | Evangelicals have resisted this demand. (references) |
Kenya | Police often demand bribes at such checkpoints. (references) | |
Russia | Police demand bribes when processing registration applications and during spot checks for registration documentation. (references) | |
Economic History | Croatia | There is rising demand for Internet services. (references) |
Panama | New investment is necessary to meet this demand. (references) | |
Portugal | Some 76% of Portuguese demand is met by imports. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kenya | The SCHR has the authority to inspect prison facilities on demand at any time. (references) |
Nigeria | If family members attend court proceedings, police often demand an additional payment. (references) | |
Venezuela | Prison officials often illegally demand payment from prisoners for transportation to judicial proceedings. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | Bengalis formed a procession to protest the murder and to demand action against those responsible. (references) |
Bangladesh | Some tribal people oppose the Peace Accord signed by Shantu Larma's group, and continue to demand full autonomy for the CHT tribals. (references) | |
Peru | Isolated primarily along the Ene River in Junin department, the terrorist group continued to coerce indigenous peasants into joining its ranks and to demand war taxes. (references) | |
Minorities | East Timor | The mosque members' resistance to the gang's demand for a car reportedly precipitated the violence. (references) |
Zimbabwe | Gordon Chavanduka, chairman of ZINATHA, the national association of traditional healers, reportedly stated that black-market demand for human body parts used in making potions has increased greatly in recent years. (references) | |
Political Economy | OMAN | This presents an ever-increasing demand on infrastructure. (references) |
Political Rights | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The Prime Minister refused the ULP demand. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | When Gbagbo was inaugurated on October 26, 2000, gendarmes loyal to him violently suppressed RDR street demonstrations held to demand new presidential elections. (references) | |
Indonesia | The MPR is empowered to amend the Constitution and issue decrees, functions that it undertook in the first of its newly instituted "Annual Sessions" held in August 2000. A key demand of the reform movement was an overhaul of the 1945 Constitution, which was perceived to have fostered the development of past authoritarian regimes. (references) | |
Trade | India | The remittance is normally made by a demand draft. (references) |
Poland | There have been no failures of the banking system to provide hard currency on demand. (references) | |
New Zealand | Low residential savings rates require banks to obtain higher cost offshore funds to meet loan demand. (references) | |
Travel | Uk | In London, demand for rooms can be high during peak vacation times. (references) |
Guinea | However, lack of capital and increasing demand hinder the firm's forward momentum. (references) | |
Turkey | Distributor / retailer markups are not limited by law, only demand and competition. (references) | |
Women | Taiwan | Several of the alleged victim's coworkers held a press conference to demand action. (references) |
Afghanistan | Women could ride only on buses designated as women's buses; reportedly there were not enough such buses to meet the demand, and the wait for women's buses could be long. (references) | |
Brazil | The rising demand of women and their children to stay in the shelters exceeds capacity, and the Rio state government began construction of additional facilities during the year. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Philippines | The children earn far less than adults would demand for the same work. (references) |
Samoa | Wages in the private sector are determined by competitive demand for the required skills. (references) | |
Angola | CGSILA continued to demand a minimum wage increase and better working conditions during the year. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions. Having received an ultimatum from Austria, the Turkish Ministry met to consider it. "O servant of the Prophet," said the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk to the Mamoosh of the Invincible Army, "how many unconquerable soldiers have we in arms?" "Upholder of the Faith," that dignitary replied after examining his memoranda, "they are in numbers as the leaves of the forest!" "And how many impenetrable battleships strike terror to the hearts of all Christian swine?" he asked the Imaum of the Ever Victorious Navy. "Uncle of the Full Moon," was the reply, "deign to know that they are as the waves of the ocean, the sands of the desert and the stars of Heaven!" For eight hours the broad brow of the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk was corrugated with evidences of deep thought: he was calculating the chances of war. Then, "Sons of angels," he said, "the die is cast! I shall suggest to the Ulema of the Imperial Ear that he advise inaction. In the name of Allah, the council is adjourned." |
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House Ways & Means Chairman Bill Thomas | There could be selective ones, as we did with the stimulus package, to help business. Consumer demand seems to be holding pretty strong. |
Margaret Thatcher | Obviously. HE has his own industrial career. He's also a person in great demand. He's also very keen on sports, he's very keen on rugby football. He was a rugby football referee in his spare time at one time. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Appropriations for the current service of the ensuing year and for such extraordinaries as may require provision will demand, and I doubt not will engage, your early attention. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Uniformity in the demand and price of an article is highly desirable to the domestic manufacturer. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Objects of deep importance to the welfare of the Union are constantly recurring to demand the attention of the Federal Legislature, and they call with accumulated interest at the first meeting of the two Houses after their periodical renovation. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Humanity and national honor demand that every effort should be made to avert so great a calamity. |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | As some of the injuries done us have become intolerable we have still been clear that we wished nothing for ourselves that we were not ready to demand for all mankind--fair dealing, justice, the freedom to live and to be at ease against organized wrong. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Along with extraordinary demand there are still at this time many critical shortages resulting from the war. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | If there is a problem here, it is that we cannot supply the spontaneous and mounting demand. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Americans did not panic or demand instant but useless cures. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This demand for justice and human rights is a wave of the future. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Now, as we demand more from our schools, we should also invest more in our schools. |
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| "Demand" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.35% of the time. "Demand" is used about 9,726 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.35% | 8,203 | 1,178 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 9.75% | 948 | 7,647 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.91% | 574 | 11,002 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9,726 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "demand": active demand ♦ aggregate demand ♦ authorised maximum demand ♦ authorized maximum demand ♦ back demand ♦ backlog demand ♦ be in demand ♦ be in great demand ♦ bill payable on demand ♦ biochemical oxygen demand ♦ check the demand for credit ♦ chemical oxygen demand ♦ coincidental demand ♦ competitive demand ♦ consumer demand ♦ contract demand ♦ contractual demand ♦ curb demand ♦ demand a poll ♦ demand a reparation ♦ demand actuated ♦ demand an explanation ♦ demand and offer ♦ demand assigned multiple access ♦ demand assignment ♦ demand assignment multiple access ♦ demand assignment signaling and switching ♦ demand assignment signalling and switching ♦ demand back ♦ demand bill ♦ demand curve ♦ demand deposit ♦ demand draft ♦ demand driven ♦ demand factor ♦ demand feeding ♦ demand fetching ♦ demand for ♦ demand for conviction ♦ demand for credit ♦ demand for explanation ♦ demand for identification ♦ demand for justice ♦ demand for road use, accidents and their gravity ♦ demand fund ♦ demand inhibited ♦ demand loan ♦ demand management ♦ demand management service ♦ demand money ♦ demand note ♦ demand paged ♦ demand paging ♦ demand protocol architecture ♦ demand pull ♦ demand pull inflation ♦ demand responsive ♦ demand responsive control ♦ demand responsive system ♦ demand side management ♦ demand smth. of smb. ♦ demand valve ♦ dependent demand ♦ derived demand ♦ disaggregate demand model ♦ due to banks on demand ♦ elasticity of demand ♦ electric demand ♦ excessive demand ♦ Health Services Needs and Demand ♦ hourly demand ♦ in demand ♦ in great demand ♦ inelastic demand ♦ law of supply and demand ♦ lower demand ♦ lung governed demand valve ♦ meet a demand ♦ meet rising demand ♦ on demand ♦ payable on demand ♦ peak demand ♦ predictive demand management ♦ ransom demand ♦ repayable on demand ♦ satisfy demand ♦ satisfy the demand for smth. ♦ say yes to a demand ♦ stale demand ♦ subscribed demand ♦ supply and demand ♦ sustain a demand ♦ the law of supply and demand ♦ the supply doesn't meet the demand ♦ travel demand management ♦ unreasonable demand ♦ upon demand ♦ ventricular demand ♦ video on Demand ♦ wage demand ♦ withdrawable on demand. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "demand": demand-aggregate, demand-assigned, demand-based, demand-deficient, demand-determined, demand-driven, demand-employment, demand-fed, demand-for-money, demand-led, demand-management, demand-pull, demand-pull inflation, demand-related, demand-side, demand-supply. | |
Ending with "demand": in-demand, on-demand, video-on-demand. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "demand"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vereis (postulate, require), aftrek (absent onself, depart, discount, go away, leave, pick, pluck, rebate, retreat, sale, subtract, tear, tear off), afset (fleece, sale). (various references) | |
Albanian | pyes (ask, care, enquire, inquire, interrogate, query, question, quiz), nevojë (call, exigency, maun, necessity, need, pinch, requirement, straits, want), lutje (appeal, application, claim, cry, desire, devotion, devotions, entreaty, obsecration, obtestation, orison, paternoster, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, praying, request, rogation, supplication, wish), kam nevojë për (be in need, call for, do with, may be in need of it, need), kërkoj (aim, apply, arrogate, ask, ask for, assert, beg, call for, charge, claim, comb, cost, crave, cry for, dig, dig for, exact, feel, fish for, fossick, go after, inquire, look, look for, looking for, necessitate, nose, nose out, petition, pick, postulate, quest, ransack, request, rummage, search, search after, search out, seek, seek after, solicit, solicit for, want), kërkesë (application, bidding, call, claim, clamor, clamour, desire, exaction, instance, need, obsecration, petition, request, requirement, run, solicitation, suit, supplication, want). (various references) | |
Arabic | دعوة (call, request), مطلوب (desire, desired, in demand, in request, required, sought after, wanted, wish, wished for), مطلب (matter, question, request, requirement), مطالبة (appeal, claim), مرغوب (coveted, desirable, desired, in demand, in request, sought after, wished for), حاجة ملحة (emergency, indigence), تطلب (ask, call, call for, claim, exact, need, require, take, want), طلب (appeal, application, ask, call, call for, desire, instance, memorial, ordain, order, place, quest, reclaim, request, require, requisition, rush order, seek, tune), طالب (applicant, claim, reclaim, scholar, school boy, schoolboy, student), المطلوبية, الطلب, إقتضى (call, involve, take), إحتاج (crave, lack, need, require, run out, want), إستدعى (call, call up, evoke, recall, send for, summon). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | търсене (hunting, looking for, market, quest, request, requisition, research, run, scanning, search, seeking, solicitation), запитвам (enquire, inquire, interrogate), повелявам (command, decree, enjoin, ordine), поисквам (ask for, claim, want, wish), искане (appeal, application, call, claim, desire, instance, request, requisition, suit, wish), искам (ask, call for, choose, desire, like, list, please, postulate, request, require, seek, tax, want, will, wilt, wish, would), изискване (exaction, insistence, requirement), изисквам (call for, claim, command, desiderate, enforce, enjoin, exact, indicate, necessitate, postulate, require, take, want). (various references) | |
Chinese | 需求, 要 (ask, coerce, important, must, request, to be going to, to want, vital). (various references) | |
Czech | domáhat se (insist on), dožadovat se (crave, postulate, requisition), dùraznì žádat, urgovat (push), urgence, upomínka (dunning letter, remembrance, reminder, souvenir, token), poptávka (inquiry, request), poptávat se, požadovat (claim, request, require), požadavek (claim, request, requirement, requisition), požádání, žádost (appeal, application, plea, prayer, request, requisition, suit, wish), žádat (apply, ask, claim, invite, petition, postulate, pray, request, require, solicit, want, wish). (various references) | |
Danish | fordre (postulate, require). (various references) | |
Dutch | vereisen (postulate, require), rekenen (account, calculate, count, figure, postulate, require, work out), opeisen (postulate, require), eisen (postulate, require). (various references) | |
Esperanto | depreno (sale), debito (sale), postuli (postulate, require). (various references) | |
Faeroese | krevja (claim, exact, postulate, presume, require, requisition, seize). (various references) | |
Farsi | مطالبه کردن , مطالبه (Claim), تقاضاکردن (Adjure, Beseech, Bone, Putin, Solicit, Sue), طلب (Quest), خواستارشدن (Pray, Request), درخواست (Appeal, Postulate, Request, Solicitation, Suit). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaatia (call for, claim, insist, lay claim to, postulate, require). (various references) | |
French | exiger, demande (desire), revendication, demander (desire). (various references) | |
Frisian | sleet (sale), fereaskje (postulate, require), easkje (postulate, require), ôftrek (sale), ôfset (sale). (various references) | |
German | verlangen (anxiety, appetite, appetites, ask, ask for, ask to see, call for, call out for, craving, desire, hankering, itch, long for, longing, lust, postulate, request, require, requisition, stipulate, to demand, to require, urge, want, yearn, yearning), Bedarf (need, needs, requirement, requirements, requisites, want), nachfrage (call), forderung (account, assert a claim, call, challenge, claim, debt, exaction, postulation, requirement), fordern (arrogate, ask, call for, challenge, claim, exact, exaction, extend, make demands, postulate, press, require, stretch, support, to arrogate, to ask (for), to demand, to require), erfordern (call for, exact, necessitate, postulate, require, requisiting, to require), aufforderung (challenge, incitement, invitation, request, summons), anspruch (assert a claim, claim, entitlement, presumption, pretence, pretension, pretensions, requirement, right, standard, title), Anforderung (charge, exigency, request, requirement, requisition). (various references) | |
Greek | ζήτηση (call, request), απαίτηση (claim, demand for, requirement, requisition), απαιτώ (call for, claim, come down on, entail, exact, necessitate, postulate, require, requisition). (various references) | |
Hebrew | דרישה (request, requirement, requisition). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kereslet (call, request). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tuntutan (assertion, claim), permintaan (request), menagih. (various references) | |
Italian | richiesta (application, claim, desire, enquiry, inquiry, need, plea, request, requirement, run, submission), vendita (sale, selling), smercio (sale, turnover), rivendicazione (assertion, claim, revendication, vindication), pretesa (claim, pretence, pretense, pretension), domanda (appeal, application, entreaty, inquiry, query, question, request, submission, supplication, supply). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 要請 (application, claim, request), 督促 (importunity, urge), 催促 (claim, press for, request, urge action). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | デマンド , ききゅう (ask for, aspiring to, attempt, balloon, emergency, furlough, leave, seek), さいそく (by-laws, claim, detailed regulations, press for, request, urge), うれあし (sales), にゅうよう (necessity, need, requirement), せいきゅう (a quick temper, application, claim, control, impatience, request), いりよう (necessity, need), もとめ (appeal, claim, request), ようきゅう (request, requisition, Western-style archery, Western-style bow), ようせい (application, claim, development, elf, fairy, larva, larvae, positivity, premature death, request, sprite, training), じゅよう (consumption, reception, request, use), とくそく (importunity, urge). (various references) | |
Korean | 수요. (various references) | |
Manx | aggyrtys (action, action court, claim, pretension), aggyrt (claim, expostulate, impute). (various references) | |
Norwegian | kreve (claim), krav, fordre (claim), etterspørsel. (various references) | |
Papiamen | eksihí (postulate, require), eksigí (postulate, require). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | emandday.(various references) | |
Polish | postulować (postulate, require), żądać (postulate, require). (various references) | |
Portuguese | demanda (request), procura (looking-for, one is looking for, pursuance, pursuit, quest, search), intimação (daresay, intimation, monition, subpoena, summons, ultimatum), exigir (ask, command, exact, lay up claim, need, postulate, require, requisition, want). (various references) | |
Romanian | voi (shall, thou, want, will, ye, you), revendicare (assertion, claim, claiming, revendication), revendica (assert, claim, reclaim), reclama (ask, call for, claim, denounce, necessitate, need, reclaim, repeat, require), nevoie (business, call, destitution, difficulty, lack, necessity, need, poverty, straits, trouble, want), necesitate (call, must, necessity, need, requirement, want), necesita (ask, call, claim, have, infer, involve, necessitate, need, require, want), jalbã (complaint, entreaty, request, supplication), investigaţie (examination, investigation, searching), cerinţã (claim, requirement, requisite, want), cerere (appeal, application, bill, claim, consumption, desire, entreaty, inquiry, market, petition, pretence, request, requirement, requisition, run, suit, supplication, wish), cere (apply for, ask, ask for, beg, bid, cadge, call for, challenge, charge, claim, command, court, desire, exact, expect, have, implore, involve, necessitate, petition, request, require, require smth. of smb., Sue, urge), aviz de platã, avea nevoie de (have need of, necessitate, need, require, stand in need of, want). (various references) | |
Russian | спрос (market, request, run), требовать (ask for, call for, call for a, claim, crave, cry for, necessitate, require, solicit, take), требование (challenge of, claim, postulation, request, requirement, requisition), нуждаться (be badly off, lack, need, want), запрос (interpellation, message, query, request, requiry). (various references) | |
Scottish | miadh (esteem, respect). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zahtevati (call for, claim, entail, postulate, request, require, seek, suggest), zahtev (application, claim, entail, postulate, request, requirement), tražiti (ask for, grope, hunt, inquire into, look for, pursue, request, require, search, search for, seek, solicit, sue, track), potražnja (market), potraživanje (claim), jagma (scramble). (various references) | |
Sotho | kopo. (various references) | |
Spanish | exigir (ask for, beg, call for, exact, insist on, levy, necessitate, need, postulate, require, require from, require of, tax, want), salida (departure, deportation, egress, emancipation, emergence, exit, export, gateway, going, killing, off, outcome, outflow, outlet, output, putting to sea, recourse, rise, rising, sale, Sally, sortie, start, turn, turn off, walkout, way out), despacho (chamber, clearance, den, despatch, dispatch, office, place of business, sale, shop, study), demanda (action, call, claim, count, enquiry, inquiry, petition, plaint, request, rush), deducción (deduction, sale), consumo (consummation, consumption, human consumption, intake, sale, uptake). (various references) | |
Swedish | krav (claim, exaction, exigency, insistence, plea, requirement, requirements), efterfrågan (call, inquiry, request), begäran (avidity, covetousness, desire, eagerness, greediness, obsecration, petition, postulation, request, suit), anmaning (on, request), anmana (request). (various references) | |
Turkish | talep etmek (claim, postulate, request, requisition, Sue, sue for, want), talep (application, charge, claim, petition, plea, request, requisition, run, sale, solicitation), sormak (ask, ask about, enquire, inquire, pose, propose, query), rağbet (craze, desire, esteem, run, rush, vogue), istemek (ask, ask for, be spoiling for, bespeak, call for, call on, call upon, choose, claim, court, desire, enjoin, exact, fancy, hanker, hope, intend, invite, like, long, request, require, requisition, seek, solicit, sue for, want, will, wish), isteme (asking, desire, encore, requisition, wish, wishing), istem (request, solicitation, volition), istek (adjuration, alacrity, appetite, aspiration, avidity, bent, claim, desire, device, devoutness, disposition, earnestness, enthusiasm, grace, hunger, instance, intentness, mind, pleasure, propensity, readiness, relish, request, requirement, requisition, stomach, studiousness, suit, urge, want, will, wish, zeal), ihtiyaç (call, deprivation, desideratum, exigence, exigency, necessity, need, pinch, privation, requirement, want), hak iddiası, hak iddia etmek (arrogate to oneself, claim, pretend, put in a claim for, stake out a claim), gereksinim (deficiency, need, requirement, want). (various references) | |
Turkmen | zaяawka (r) (claim), talap (claim, requirement). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ставити запитання (bring in question, question), вимога (claim, instance, postulate, requirement, requisition), вимагати (ask, call for, challenge, charge, claim, cry for, extort, importune, necessitate, postulate, racketeer, require, sweat out, want, wring), наполегливе прохання, запитувати (ask, enquire, inquire, interrogate, query), претензія (challenge, claim, complaint, pretence, pretense, pretension), пред'явлення вимоги, потреба (hunger, necessity, need, requirement, want). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự yêu cầu, sự đòi hỏi. (various references) | |
Welsh | hawlio (arrogate, claim), gofyn (ask, require, requirement), galwad (call), erchi (ask, bid, command, pray). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | demandare, disquaerere, exigere, exigo, expetam, expetere, expetierit, expetit, expetivit, expetunt, expostulans, expostulas, poposceris, poscas, poscenti, poscere, poscis, postula, postulabam, postulabant, postulabat, postulabit, postulans, postulant, postulantes, postulantur, postulare, postularet, postularit, postulas, postulassent, postulasset, postulasti, postulat, postulatarum, postulate, postulato, postulatus, postulaverat, postulaverunt, postulavi, postulavimus, postulavit, postulet, postulo, quaeram, quaeramus, quaerant, quaerantur, quaeras, quaerat, quaeratis, quaeratur, quaere, quaerebamus, quaerebant, quaerebat, quaerebatis, quaerebatur, quaerebaturque, quaeremus, quaerendo, quaerendum, quaerens, quaerent, quaerentem, quaerentes, quaerenti, quaerentibus, quaerentis, quaerentium, quaerere, quaererem, quaererent, quaererentur, quaereret, quaeres, quaeresque, quaeret, quaeretis, quaeretur, quaerimus, quaeris, quaerit, quaerite, quaeritis, quaeritur, quaero, quaerunt, quaesierat, quaesierimus, quaesierint, quaesieris, quaesierit, quaesieritis, quaesieritque, quaesierunt, quaesissent, quaesistis, quaesita, quaesitum, quaesivi, quaesivimus, quaesivique, quaesivit, quaesivitque, requiro. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | jaidhyañtâi. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | biddan. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | demander. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 38, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Zwsai wsper anhr thn osfun sou erwthsw de se su de moi apokriqhti |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos interrogabo te et responde mihi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Gird as a man thi leendis; I shal aske thee, and thou answere to me. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 38, Verse 3 |
| Albanian | Mirë, pra, ngjishe brezin si një trim; unë do të të pyes dhe ti do të më përgjigjesh. |
| Cebuano | Baksan mo karon ang imong hawak ingon nga usa ka tawo; Kay pangutan-on ko ikaw karon, ug tubagon mo ako. |
| Chinese | 你 要 如 勇 士 束 腰 ． 我 問 你 、 你 可 以 指 示 我 。 |
| Croatian | Bokove svoje opaši k'o junak: ja æu te pitat', a ti me pouèi. |
| Danish | Omgjord som en Mand dine Lænder, jeg vil spørge, og du skal lære mig! |
| Dutch | Gord nu, als een man, uw lenden, zo zal Ik u vragen, en onderricht Mij. |
| Finnish | Vyötä nyt kupeesi kuin mies; minä kysyn sinulta, opeta sinä minua. |
| French | Ceins tes reins comme un vaillant homme; Je t`interrogerai, et tu m`instruiras. |
| German | Gürte deine Lenden wie ein Mann; ich will dich fragen, lehre mich! |
| Hungarian | Nosza övezd fel, mint férfiú derekadat, én majd kérdezlek, te meg taníts engem! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sekarang, hadapilah Aku sebagai laki-laki, dan jawablah pertanyaan-pertany ini. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sekarangpun ikatlah pinggangmu seperti seorang laki-laki, karena Aku hendak bertanyakan dikau; sahutlah akan Daku. |
| Maori | Tena ra, whitikiria tou hope, whakatane; ka ui hoki ahau ki a koe, a mau e whakaatu mai ki ahau. |
| Norwegian | Nuvel, omgjord dine lender som en mann! Så vil jeg spørre dig, og du skal lære mig. |
| Portuguese | Agora cinge os teus lombos, como homem; porque te perguntarei, e tu me responderás. |
| Rumanian | Kncinge-yi mijlocul ca un viteaz, ca Eu sq te kntreb, wi tu sq Mq knveyi. |
| Russian | рТЕРПСЫШ ОЩОЕ ЮТЕУМБ ФЧПЙ, ЛБЛ НХЦ: с ВХДХ УРТБЫЙЧБФШ ФЕВС, Й ФЩ ПВЯСУОСК нОЕ: |
| Spanish | Cíñete, pues, los lomos como un hombre; yo te preguntaré, y tú me lo harás saber: |
| Swedish | Omgjorda nu såsom ej man dina länder; jag vill fråga dig, och du må giva mig besked. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "demand": demandable, demandant, demandants, demanded, demander, demanders, demanding, demandingly, demandingness, demandingnesses, demands. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "demand": counterdemand, redemand. (additional references) | |
Words containing "demand": counterdemands, nondemanding, overdemanding, redemanded, redemanding, redemands, undemanding. (additional references) | |
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"Demand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: daemond, Damad, damand, Daymond, Dedman, dehand, Demaine, deman, demanda, demant, demarned, demen, Demeny, demin, demind, demine, Demnati, demond, derman, desmond, desmondo, Detmold, Deyman, dimond, dinant, dman, doman, Duman, Dunand, Eemland, Femando. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "demand" (pronounced di'ma"nd) |
| 5 | -i' m a" n d | remand. |
| 4 | -m a" n d | command, manned, outmanned, unmanned. |
| 3 | -a" n d | and, band, banned, bland, brand, canned, disband, land, expand, fanned, firsthand, gland, grand, hand, meadowland, misunderstand, offhand, panned, planned, rand, sand, scanned, spanned, stand, strand, tanned, understand, unplanned, withstand. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: damned, madden. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-m-n" | |
-1 letter: admen, amend, maned, menad, named. | |
-2 letters: amen, dame, damn, dead, dean, made, mane, mead, mean, mend, name, nema. | |
-3 letters: add, and, ane, dad, dam, den, end, mad, mae, man, med, men, nae, nam. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, am, an, de, ed, em, en, ma, me, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-m-n" | |
+1 letter: amended, demands, maddens. | |
+2 letters: addendum, bedamned, bemadden, damndest, damneder, dampened, demanded, demander, demeaned, handmade, maddened, mandated, redemand, remanded, undamped. | |
+3 letters: andromeda, bemaddens, commanded, damndests, damnedest, damnified, demandant, demanders, demanding, demantoid, diademing, diamonded, dominated, dreamland, dynamited, emendated, endamaged, goddamned, maddening, mansarded, marinaded, maundered, meandered, middleman, mordanted, redemands, unadmired, unamended, undamaged, undreamed. | |
+4 letters: admonished, andromedas, bemaddened, damascened, damnedests, deaminated, demandable, demandants, demantoids, dendrogram, didynamies, dismantled, dreamlands, endodermal, handmaiden, maidenhead, maidenhood, mandamused, manhandled, manifolded, meadowland, misbranded, mishandled, promenaded, randomized, redemanded, unadmitted, undismayed, unmediated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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