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exigence — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • demand noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
  • requirement noun Something that is necessary or must be met before something else can happen.

Senses

exigence is used for these senses in English:

  • requirement A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
  • requirement (engineering, computing) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.

demand — full definition

  1. noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
  2. noun A firm or urgent request for something, often backed by authority.
  3. verb To ask for something forcefully or as if it were owed.

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