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• ask — /ask / (say ahsk) verb (t) 1. to put a question to: ask him. 2. to seek to be informed about: to ask the way; to ask her the way. 3. to seek by words to obtain; request: to ask advice; to ask a favour. 4. to solicit; request of (with a personal… …  

• demand — [n] question, request appeal, application, arrogation, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, counterclaim, entreatment, entreaty, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest,… …   New thesaurus

• demand, claim — Demand means to ask for with authority, to insist boldly : He demanded to see the charges against him. Claim means to assert a right ; The driver claimed that he was entitled to a hearing. Claim should not be used when you mean say, assert, state …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• demand — demandable, adj. demander, n. /di mand , mahnd /, v.t. 1. to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt. 2. to ask for peremptorily or urgently: He demanded sanctuary. She demanded that we let her in. 3. to… …   Universalium

• demand — /dəˈmænd / (say duh mand), / ˈmand/ (say mahnd) verb (t) 1. to ask for with authority; claim as a right: to demand something of a person; to demand something from a person. 2. to ask for peremptorily or urgently. 3. to call for or require as just …  

• demand — /dɪ mɑ:nd/ noun 1. an act of asking for payment ♦ payable on demand which must be paid when payment is asked for 2. the need that customers have for a product or their eagerness to buy it ● There was an active demand for oil shares on the stock… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• demand — de·mand 1 n 1: a formal request or call for something (as payment for a debt) esp. based on a right or made with force a shareholder must first make a demand on the corporation s board of directors to act R. C. Clark a written demand for payment… …   Law dictionary

• demand — [di mand′, dimänd′] vt. [ME demaunden < OFr demander, to demand < L demandare, to give in charge < de , away, from + mandare, to entrust: see MANDATE] 1. to ask for boldly or urgently 2. to ask for as a right or with authority 3. to… …   English World dictionary

• ask — O.E. ascian ask, call for an answer; make a request, from earlier ahsian, from P.Gmc. *aiskojan (Cf. O.S. escon, O.Fris. askia request, demand, ask, M.Du. eiscen, Du. eisen to ask, demand, O.H.G. eiscon to ask (a question), Ger. heischen to ask,… …   Etymology dictionary

• Ask — Ask, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Asking}.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. [=a]scian, [=a]csian; akin to OS. [=e]sc[=o]n, OHG. eisc[=o]n, Sw. [=a]ska, Dan. [ae]ske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith. j[ e]sk[ o]ti, OSlav. iskati to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• demand — vb Demand, claim, require, exact are comparable not as close synonyms but as sharing the basic meaning to ask or call for something as due or as necessary or as strongly desired. Demand strongly implies peremptoriness or insistency; if the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms