- 1[countable] demand (for something/that…) a very firm request for something; something that someone needs a demand for higher pay demands that the law on gun ownership should be changed firms attempting to meet/satisfy their customers' demands (= to give them what they are asking for)
- 2demands [plural] demand (of something) demand (on somebody) things that someone or something makes you do, especially things that are difficult, make you tired, worried, etc. the demands of children/work Flying makes enormous demands on pilots. She shouldn't always give in to his demands.
- 3[uncountable, countable] demand (for something/somebody) the desire or need of customers for goods or services that they want to buy or use to meet the demand for a product There's an increased demand for organic produce these days. Demand is exceeding supply. Topic CollocationsThe Economymanaging the economy
- handle/run/manage the economy
- boost investment/spending/employment/growth
- stimulate demand/the economy/industry
- cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
- reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
- create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
- encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
- encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
- increase/boost/promote U.S./agricultural exports
- ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
- the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
- enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
- push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
- damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
- cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
- experience/suffer a recession/downturn
- fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
- cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
- create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
- cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
- face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
- be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
- cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defense/education budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
- increase/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
- raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
- ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
- balance the (state/federal) budget
- achieve/maintain a balanced budget
- run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
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Idioms
because a lot of people have asked for something By popular demand, the play will run for another week.
wanted by a lot of people Good nurses are always in demand.
done or happening whenever someone asks Feed the baby on demand. on-demand printing of books
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