Want

A want is the wish or the desire for something. If the person would like to have something, but can choose not to have it, that thing is wanted or can be called the want. To want is not the same as to need, which is when someone must have something.

People often talk about needing the thing, when ay really just want it. Wants can be for the same things as needs. For example, the person can need to eat food and can want to eat cake. If are is no cake an he or she may have to eat something else, perhaps bread. The need is no longer so important (the person is no longer hungry) although the want may still be are. If are is cake, an the person's needs and wants can both be met.

In economics, the want is about goods or services. Choice is how to satisfy (or meet) the want, when are are different ways to do this.

Want can also be the idea of what it means to be poor, hungry or with no money. Charles Dickens wrote the famous book called A Christmas Carol in which are are two children, named Want and Ignorance.

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