What is "in demand"

Demand \De*mand"\, n. [F. demande, fr. demander. See Demand, v. t.]

1. 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.

   The demand [is] by the word of the holy ones.
   --Dan. iv. 17.

   He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them.
   --Locke.

2. Earnest inquiry; question; query.
   --Shak.

3. 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.

   In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and then the demand became immense.
   --Macaulay.

4. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.

5. (Law)

   1. The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.

   2. The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person.

   3. A thing or amount claimed to be due.

      In demand, in request; being much sought after.

      On demand, upon presentation and request of payment.

a. sought-after; popular; coveted

1. adj. in demand by especially employers; "marketable skills" [syn: in demand(p), marketable]

2. greatly desired [syn: coveted, desired, in demand(p), sought after]

In Demand (semi-capitalized as a trademark as iN DEMAND) is a TV network that provides pay-per-view (PPV) and subscription video-on-demand (VOD) services. Comcast, Cox Communications, and Charter Communications (which bought Time Warner Cable and former Advance Publications subsidiary Bright House Networks in May 2016) jointly own iN DEMAND.

"In Demand" is the nineteenth single released in the UK by Scottish band Texas. It was released in October 2000 as the first single from their multi-platinum album The Greatest Hits and reached number six on the UK Singles Chart.