"on demand" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on demand.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on demand
  1. (idiomatic) When needed or required. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: on-demand Derived forms: video on demand, VoD, VoD (english: video on demand) Translations (when needed or required): podle potřeby (Czech), na požádání (Czech), laŭpete (Esperanto), vaadittaessa (Finnish), tarvittaessa (Finnish), sur commande (French), τη αιτήσει (ti aitísei) (Greek), κατ' αίτηση (kat' aítisi) (Greek), igény szerint/esetén/alapján (Hungarian), igény szerinti (note: in adjectival role, before a noun phrase) (Hungarian), sesuai kebutuhan (Indonesian), sesuai permintaan (Indonesian), na żądanie (Polish), по требованию (po trebovaniju) (Russian), al pedido (Spanish), a la carta (Spanish), bajo demanda (Spanish), por encargo (Spanish), al llamado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-on_demand-en-prep_phrase-BAYECwSm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "when needed or required",
      "word": "a la carta"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "when needed or required",
      "word": "bajo demanda"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "when needed or required",
      "word": "por encargo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "when needed or required",
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