Abstract: A manually operated demand delivery liquid pump dispensing device, includes: —a container (2) to be filled with a storage (20) of the liquid to be dispensed and with air inside the container, said container comprising a bottom part (6), a top part (5), and a side wall (7) between said bottom part and said top part, and a lid (3) which seals an opening (4) in the top part of the container, usable for filling the container, said lid being provided on the upper side thereof with a shallow basin (15), including, in the centre thereof, a concave dish-shaped cavity (21) and a discharge opening in the region of said dish-shaped cavity of the lid, and with a tube (22) for supplying liquid to said concave dish-shaped cavity from said storage of liquid which may be contained in the container.