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demander

American  
[di-mand-er] / dɪˈmænd ər /

noun

  • demanders
    plural
  1. a person or thing that makes a demand or claim.

  2. someone who contributes to market demand for something; a potential buyer.


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"But when you're not offering market access, the onus is more on the demander -- in this case, the United States -- to show these other countries that there are benefits."

From Reuters Nov. 9, 2023

He was, consistently with this general tranquillity of mind, a tenacious maintainer, though not a clamorous demander, of his right.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Johnson, Samuel

He was a strict disciplinarian, a keen questioner, and an unflinching demander of a Christian walk.

From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund

But they are mine because they are his, and he is the demander and enabler of love.

From Weighed and Wanting by MacDonald, George

Another dinner is mentioned by her at which all the guests were Americans, except M. Brillon, who had dropped in, he said, "à demander un diné à Père Franklin."

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

The point is that Steve Jobs was a participant in a process whereby suppliers compete with one another for the affections of demanders and demanders compete with one another for the affections of suppliers.

From Forbes Oct. 7, 2011

The story explained that the Brothers Levand were the demanders, that they had telegraphed Sen- ator Capper of Kansas to get busy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its demands for political independence, however, mean different things to different demanders.

From Time Magazine Archive

The demands were mutually incompatible, the demanders adamant.

From Time Magazine Archive

To ask her if she saw his flock, Might happen patience move, And have an answer with a mock, That such demanders prove.

From Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) by Tutin, J. R.

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