Requisition

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requisition
n. demand, requirement; command, order; written order for goods or supplies; act of demanding, act of requiring
 
v. require, demand; commission for use, demand the use of something


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requisition
Noun
1. the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use
(hypernym) demand
2. an official form on which a request in made; "first you have to fill out the requisition"
(synonym) requisition form
(hypernym) form
3. seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
(synonym) sequestration
(hypernym) appropriation
Verb
1. make a formal request for official services
(hypernym) command, require, compel
(derivation) requisition form
2. demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service
(antonym) derequisition
(hypernym) claim, lay claim, arrogate



BabylonGerman English dictionaryDownload this dictionary
Requisition (die)
n. requisition, written order for goods or supplies, confiscation, seizure, taking away (property, money, etc.)

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réquisition (f)
n. requisition, impressment

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Requisition
(v. t.)
To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate.
  
 
(v. t.)
To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.
  
 
(n.)
The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.
  
 
(n.)
That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
  
 
(n.)
A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting.
  
 
(n.)
A notarial demand of a debt.
  
 
(n.)
A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
  
 
(n.)
A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.
  
 
(n.)
A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
  

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