on demand

Idioms  

1. When needed or asked for, as in She's always ready to sing on demand, or Nowadays infants are generally fed on demand. This usage is a broadening of this phrase's meaning in finance, that is, “payable on being requested or presented,” as in This note is payable on demand. [Late 1600s]

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Example Sentences

Big diversified miners like BHP and Rio Tinto have shed heating coal assets, with one eye on demand projections and the other on investors who won’t touch the most-polluting fuel on environmental, social, and governance grounds.

From Barron's

These small folders containing photograph and fingerprints had to be produced on demand.

From Literature

While this supports margins and premiums, a prolonged conflict could weigh on demand due to rising energy costs and cap further gains, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

The process of inference, in contrast, is performed on demand, in seconds, not weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal

The fund also listed about 1,700 unfunded loan commitments to almost 1,000 different borrowers totaling $6.9 billion, which is money the fund would have to supply on demand.

From The Wall Street Journal