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requisition definition

requi·si·tion (rek′wə zis̸hən)

noun

  1. a requiring, as by right or authority; formal demand
  2. a formal written order, request, or application, as for equipment, tools, etc.
  3. the state of being demanded for service or use
  4. Rare a requirement; indispensable condition
  5. Law a demand by one government upon another for the surrender of a fugitive criminal

Etymology: L requisitio < requisitus, pp. of requirere: see require

transitive verb

  1. to demand or take, as by authority to requisition food for troops
  2. Now Rare to demand from; make demands on to requisition a town for food
  3. to submit a written order or request for (equipment, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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