to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
To request forcefully.
To require of someone.
To claim a right to something.
To ask forcefully for information.
To issue a summons to court.
An urgent request.
The desire to purchase goods and services.
An order.
The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
A forceful claim for something.
A requirement.
More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.