Call vs. Demand
Callnoun
A telephone conversation.
Callnoun
A short visit, usually for social purposes.
Callnoun
(nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
Callnoun
A cry or shout.
Callnoun
A decision or judgement.
Callnoun
The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
Callnoun
A beckoning or summoning.
Callnoun
The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
Callnoun
(finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
Callnoun
(cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
Callnoun
(cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
Callnoun
A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
Callnoun
(computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
Callnoun
A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
Callnoun
(poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
Callnoun
A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
Callnoun
(nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
Callnoun
A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
Callnoun
An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
Callnoun
(archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
Callnoun
A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
Callnoun
A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
Callverb
(heading) To use one's voice.
Callverb
(intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
Callverb
(intransitive) To cry or shout.
Callverb
(transitive) To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
Callverb
To contact by telephone.
Callverb
(transitive) To declare in advance.
Callverb
To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
Callverb
To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
Callverb
To visit.
Callverb
To pay a (social) visit often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again.
Callverb
To stop at a station or port.
Callverb
(heading) To name, identify or describe.
Callverb
(ditransitive) To name or refer to.
Callverb
(in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
Callverb
(transitive) To predict.
Callverb
To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
Callverb
(obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify.
Callverb
Direct or indirect use of the voice.
Callverb
(cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
Callverb
(of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
Callverb
To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
Callverb
To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
Callverb
(transitive) To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
Callverb
To require, demand.
Callverb
To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
Callverb
To demand repayment of a loan.
Callverb
To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
Callverb
To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
Callverb
To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; - often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.
Callverb
To invite or command to meet; to convoke; - often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
Callverb
To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
Callverb
To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
Callverb
To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.
Callverb
To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.
Callverb
To utter in a loud or distinct voice; - often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.
Callverb
To invoke; to appeal to.
Callverb
To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
Callverb
To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; - sometimes with to.
Callverb
To make a demand, requirement, or request.
Callverb
To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.
Callnoun
The act of calling; - usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call.
Callnoun
A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.
Callnoun
An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
Callnoun
A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
Callnoun
A divine vocation or summons.
Callnoun
Vocation; employment.
Callnoun
A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
Callnoun
A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.
Callnoun
A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.
Callnoun
The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
Callnoun
A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
Callnoun
The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.
Callnoun
See Assessment, 4.
Callnoun
a telephone connection;
Callnoun
a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course;
Callnoun
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;
Callnoun
a demand especially in the phrase
Callnoun
the characteristic sound produced by a bird;
Callnoun
a brief social visit;
Callnoun
a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
Callnoun
a demand for a show of hands in a card game;
Callnoun
a request;
Callnoun
an instruction that interrupts the program being executed;
Callnoun
brief visit in an official or professional capacity;
Callnoun
(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee;
Callnoun
the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Callverb
assign a specified, proper name to;
Callverb
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;
Callverb
ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality;
Callverb
order, request, or command to come;
Callverb
utter a sudden loud cry;
Callverb
pay a brief visit;
Callverb
call a meeting; invite or command to meet;
Callverb
order or request or give a command for;
Callverb
order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role;
Callverb
indicate a decision in regard to;
Callverb
stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather;
Callverb
read aloud to check for omissions or absentees;
Callverb
send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message;
Callverb
declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee;
Callverb
utter a characteristic note or cry;
Callverb
utter in a loud voice or announce;
Callverb
make a prediction about; tell in advance;
Callverb
challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense;
Callverb
consider or regard as being;
Callverb
demand payment of (a loan);
Callverb
give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
Callverb
greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name;
Callverb
make a stop in a harbour;
Callverb
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;
Callverb
require the presentation of for redemption before maturation;
Callverb
lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal;
Callverb
challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of;
Callverb
rouse somebody from sleep with a call;
Demandnoun
The desire to purchase goods and services.
Demandnoun
(economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
Demandnoun
A forceful claim for something.
Demandnoun
A requirement.
Demandnoun
An urgent request.
Demandnoun
An order.
Demandnoun
(electricity supply) 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.
Demandverb
To request forcefully.
Demandverb
To claim a right to something.
Demandverb
To ask forcefully for information.
Demandverb
To require of someone.
Demandverb
(legal) To issue a summons to court.
Demandverb
To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.
Demandverb
To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.
Demandverb
To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
Demandverb
To call into court; to summon.
Demandverb
To make a demand; to inquire.
Demandnoun
The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.
Demandnoun
Earnest inquiry; question; query.
Demandnoun
A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.
Demandnoun
That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.
Demandnoun
The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
Demandnoun
the ability and desire to purchase goods and services;
Demandnoun
an urgent or peremptory request;
Demandnoun
a condition requiring relief;
Demandnoun
the act of demanding;
Demandnoun
required activity;
Demandverb
request urgently and forcefully;
Demandverb
require as useful, just, or proper;
Demandverb
claim as due or just;
Demandverb
lay legal claim to
Demandverb
summon to court
Demandverb
ask to be informed of;
Demandnoun
an insistent and peremptory request, made as of right
Demandnoun
pressing requirements
Demandnoun
the desire of consumers, clients, employers, etc. for a particular commodity, service, or other item
Demandverb
ask authoritatively or brusquely
Demandverb
insist on having
Demandverb
require; need
Demand
In economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given period of time. The relationship between price and quantity demanded is also called the demand curve.
