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.
To make excessive demands on.
To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
To impose and collect a tax on (something).
To accuse.
To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.
A burdensome demand.
A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.