demands
Urgent firm requests
Demands are urgent requests or requirements that allow no refusal.
A job makes demands on your time; a kidnapper issues demands for ransom.
To demand is to insist on something as a right or necessity: She demanded an explanation.
In economics, demand is the desire and ability to purchase goods: supply and demand, consumer demand.
Something in demand is sought after.
On demand means available whenever wanted: streaming on demand.
Essential requirements
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
imperatives · sustenance · survival · provisions · subsistence · nourishment · livelihood · bare necessities
Specified requirements or conditions
- prerequisitesNecessary prior conditions
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- termsConditions of an agreement
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
specifications · criteria · preconditions · qualifications · clauses · contingencies · constraints · parameters
Pressure, mental or vocal
- strainExcessive stretching force
- tensionStretched or strained state
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- loadCarried weight or burden
weight · workload · deadlines · expectations · intensity · urgency · overload · burnout
Accepted levels of quality
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
projections · assumptions · presumptions · calculations · estimations · benchmarks · targets · goals
Required tasks or charges
- responsibilitiesDuties one must fulfill
- commitmentsPromises requiring follow-through
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- burdensWeighty obligations borne
charges · tasks · compulsions · mandates · covenants · pledges · oaths · vows
Instructions to obey
- directivesFormal commands or instructions
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
- decreesOfficial orders with force
- ultimatumsFinal non-negotiable demands
dictates · edicts · injunctions · instructions · summonses · writs · subpoenas · proclamations
Formal requests for action
- appealsRequests for reconsideration
- pleasEarnest requests or supplications
- entreatiesEarnest, humble requests
- solicitationsFormal requests for something
applications · requisitions · submissions · proposals · inquiries · calls · claims · bids
Furnish or stock
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- marketVenue for trade
- aggregateCombined sum total
consumer · forecasting · curve · pricing · inventory · peak · seasonal · pent-up
needs
Essential requirements
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
fundamentals · imperatives · sustenance · survival · provisions · subsistence · nourishment · livelihood · bare necessities · indispensables
stipulations
Specified requirements or conditions
- prerequisitesNecessary prior conditions
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
- termsConditions of an agreement
provisions · specifications · criteria · preconditions · qualifications · clauses · contingencies · constraints · parameters · standards
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
load · weight · workload · deadlines · expectations · intensity · urgency · overload · burnout · crunch
standards
Accepted levels of quality
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
aspirations · projections · assumptions · presumptions · calculations · estimations · benchmarks · targets · goals · performance
duties
Required tasks or charges
- responsibilitiesDuties one must fulfill
- commitmentsPromises requiring follow-through
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
burdens · charges · tasks · compulsions · mandates · covenants · pledges · oaths · vows · bonds
orders
Instructions to obey
- directivesFormal commands or instructions
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
- decreesOfficial orders with force
ultimatums · dictates · edicts · injunctions · instructions · summonses · writs · subpoenas · proclamations · fiats
petitions
Formal requests for action
- appealsRequests for reconsideration
- pleasEarnest requests or supplications
- entreatiesEarnest, humble requests
solicitations · applications · requisitions · submissions · proposals · inquiries · calls · claims · bids · supplications
supply
Furnish or stock
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- marketVenue for trade
aggregate · consumer · forecasting · curve · pricing · inventory · peak · seasonal · pent-up · latent
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- customer'sneeds, wants, preferences, expectations, satisfaction
- Negotiation Termsdeadlock, bargaining, negotiation, stalemate, compromise
- negotiationsbargaining, offer, counteroffer, counter offer, compromise
- work problemslayoff, firing, low pay, burnout, deadline pressure
- demandsrequires, needs, wants, requirement, mandate
- in demandWidely wanted or needed
- on demandWhen requested, immediately provided
- ransom demandsCaptor's required payment conditions
- supply and demandPrice-determining economic forces
- high demand
- video on demandSelf-scheduled digital viewing
demand, demanding, demanded, undemanding, demanders, demandingly, nondemanding