pent-up demand
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpent-upanddemand
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pent-up
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌpentˈʌp/us/ˌpentˈʌp/
Pent-up feelings are not allowed to be expressed ...
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demand
noun
uk/dɪˈmɑːnd/us/dɪˈmænd/
a ...
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(Definition ofpent-upanddemandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Pent-updemandand rising earnings formed the basis on which instalment conditions for now considerably cheaper radios lured the buyers.
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It cannot be denied that there is an enormouspent-updemandfor these refuges.
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There is apent-updemandfor housing among young people who, when they obtain better work, will want to buy a house.
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The simple truth is that we are not producing sufficient furniture and floor coverings at the moment to meet thispent-updemand.
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They will reappear once the autumn has passed and thepent-updemandhas been satisfied.
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There is no shortage of potential demand: indeed, there is considerablepent-updemandin the economy.
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It has releasedpent-updemandand is thoroughly to be welcomed.
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Thepent-updemandfrom a million households has been released.
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Nonetheless, there is a hugepent-updemandfor health care as shown by the waiting list figures.
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There is an enormouspent-updemandfor public house building, for the old, the single, those on low incomes and the newly married.
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When the statistics were undershot, alarm bells did not ring about thepent-updemandthat would come later.
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Thepent-updemandfor these things is much greater than we had anticipated.
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There is apent-updemandfor houses and yet there are lengthening dole queues of housebuilders.
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If there is apent-updemandfor houses, why has that development not gone ahead?
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The reason is that by the autumn about two years'pent-updemandfor motor cars will begin to express itself.
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There will, therefore, be a greaterpent-updemandfor manufactured goods.
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There is no greatpent-updemandin my new town, as the previous experience showed.
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The financial stringency of recent years can only have exacerbated thepent-updemandof arts organisations for capital funding.
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We know that there ispent-updemandfor housing.
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