demand
noun/dɪˈmænd/
Слово англійською: demand
Переклад demand українською: попит
Детальний опис
- [countable] a very strong request for something; something that somebody needs
- demand for something a demand for higher pay
- demand that… demands that the law on gun ownership should be changed
- A federal judge rejected their demands.
- The management had no intention of meeting union demands.
- demands[plural] things that somebody/something makes you do, especially things that are difficult, make you tired, worried, etc.
- Juggling the demands of work and family is never easy.
- She shouldn't always give in to his demands.
- demands on somebody As a director he makes huge demands on his actors.
- Flying makes enormous demands on pilots.
- [uncountable, singular] the desire or need of customers for goods or services that they want to buy or use
- Demand is exceeding supply.
- It is becoming more difficult for us to meet demand.
- demand for something/somebody Consumer demand for organic foods continues to increase rapidly.
- They are struggling to satisfy the demand for the product.
- We are seeing an increased demand for housing in the area.
- increasing/growing/rising demand
- to stimulate/boost/increase demand
Collocations The economyThe 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 US/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 defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
- increase/put up/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
- impose taxes/austerity measures
Word OriginMiddle 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’.
Idioms
by popular demand
- because a lot of people have asked for something
- By popular demand, the play will run for another week.
in demand
- wanted by a lot of people
- Good secretaries are always in demand.
Extra Examples- She is in constant demand to make public appearances and give interviews.
- These old machines are still in demand.
on demand
- done or happening whenever somebody asks
- Feed the baby on demand.
- The service allows you to watch video on demand.
- All of the conference sessions will be available on demand for 90 days.