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  • 1Demand for money — The demand for money is the desired holding of financial assets in the form of money: that is, cash or bank deposits. It can refer to the demand for money narrowly defined as M1 (non interest bearing holdings), or for money in the broader sense… …

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  • 2demand for explanation — noun a challenge to defend what someone has said • Syn: ↑calling into question • Hypernyms: ↑challenge …

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  • 3Demand response — This article is about the electrical concept. For the transport concept, see Demand responsive transport. A clothes dryer using a demand response switch to reduce peak demand In electricity grids, demand response (DR) is similar to dynamic demand …

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  • 4demand — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 firm request ADJECTIVE ▪ legitimate, realistic, reasonable ▪ I think your demand for a higher salary is perfectly reasonable. ▪ outrageous, unrealistic …

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  • 5demand — [[t]dɪmɑ͟ːnd, mæ̱nd[/t]] ♦ demands, demanding, demanded 1) VERB If you demand something such as information or action, you ask for it in a very forceful way. [V n from n] Mr Byers last night demanded an immediate explanation from the Education… …

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  • 6demand — 01. I [demand] that you leave immediately! 02. My job is quite [demanding] at times, but I really enjoy it, nonetheless. 03. My boss makes too many [demands] on me. I think he needs to hire more help. 04. The Opposition has [demanded] an… …

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  • 7explanation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ convincing, credible, good, likely, logical, natural, obvious, plausible, probable, rational ▪ …

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  • 8Supply and demand — For other uses, see Supply and demand (disambiguation). The price P of a product is determined by a balance between production at each price (supply S) and the desires of those with purchasing power at each price (demand D). The diagram shows a… …

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  • 9demand — 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… …

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  • 10Internet Explorer for UNIX — Infobox Software name = Internet Explorer for Unix caption = Internet Explorer 5 for Solaris developer = Microsoft released = ? frequently updated = yes programming language = ? operating system = Solaris, HP UX language = ? genre = Web browser… …

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