In terms of energy use, peak demand describes a period of simultaneous, strong consumer demand or a period of highest demand in a billing period.

The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush a period in which strong sled dogs were in high demand.

The efficacy of high demand was a matter of faith.

There has been an increasing demand for funds during the current mandate period.

For Europe s bigger countries, the picture of annualized demand in the same period is mixed.

Lenders (the bankers) are suspicious, worried about creditworthiness, and demand high risk premia.

With economic recovery in 1997 and high demand for workers, the situation changed.

However, demand remained high due to the ongoing military preparations of the opposition.

But, during a period of weak domestic demand, structural reforms might actually exacerbate short term problems.

Peak load Peak demand, peak load or on peak are terms used in energy demand management describing a period in which electrical power is expected to be provided for a sustained period at a significantly higher than average supply level.

And when supply is equal to demand, everything's fine, but when supply falls, in this case of oxygen, and demand stays high, you're dead.

In response to the collapse of demand in 1929, it erected high tariff walls.

A return to high growth rates globally will require a broader revival of demand.

Thus, India s high growth rates will have to remain dependent on strong domestic demand.

There is especially high demand in foreign markets for tuna, shark, lobster and shrimp.

In literature, the work of the High Modernists ruled this period.

The third option is the Scandinavian way. Here government demand for labor keeps wages high.

(a) UNOPS ability to offer a range of high quality services based on actual demand

This signals a remarkable shift in relative demand for high quality and liquid financial assets an extraordinary rise in market wide excess demand for such assets.

At times of high demand for electricity, the liquid air is pumped at high pressure into a heat exchanger, which acts as a boiler.

During the period under review, several high level guests visited the Tribunal.

A construction boom during the last 15 years had created a high demand for migrant workers.

High levels of involuntary unemployment throughout the advanced economies suggest that demand lags behind potential supply.

Those investments will drain most of the country s domestic savings and sustain high demand for imports.

They will remain an important source of import demand, especially for high technology and industrial goods.

When an economy is suffering from high unemployment and weak aggregate demand, spending cuts are contractionary.

This is especially necessary in core facilities where usage of these machines is in high demand.

They are in increasingly high demand, and we hope to expand our capacity to offer them.

The most difficult period for Chinese decision makers was between February and September 2008, when, despite abundant signs of a softening in domestic demand, overall demand remained strong, as did inflation.

And, with demand high and housing supply fixed at least in the short run prices go up.

But, since many Americans use gas guzzling SUV s for their vacations, demand for gasoline has remained high.

Right now, the global economy is suffering a grand mal seizure of slack demand and high unemployment.

And, given rising global demand for oil, particularly in developing countries, energy import prices will remain high.

In principle, foreign demand, especially in high growth emerging markets, could make up some of the difference.

Nevertheless, the basic pillar of sustained high growth has been leveraging the global economy s knowledge and demand.

What China lacked was not demand for consumption goods, but a supply of high quality financial assets.

The socio economic changes cited included rapid population growth, high food demand, and land and ecological degradation.

Arms deliveries to Irtogte are increasing and prices for arms have risen sharply owing to high demand.

During this period, world oil demand increased, mostly in developing countries, while production remained relatively flat from 2005 to 2008.

The occurrence of kidnappings in the period covered by the report remains high.

After such a long period of stagnation, people demand to see and feel changes for the better in their own lives.

Because high oil prices both lower demand and raise inflation, central banks respond by doing little or nothing.

Demand for currency exchanges are high across Kabul due to the presence of foreigners working in the country.

The lifting of the ban was due to the high demand for timber for rehabilitation and reconstruction activities.

Again, higher prices will ration global oil demand, but only after a period of economic pain in some regions around the world.