requisition

req·ui·si·tion

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noun

Requisition is an official order claiming or demanding property or materials or demanding the performance of a duty.
An order demanding the purchase of 100 guns for military use is an example of a requisition.

verb

To requisition is to demand the use of something or to demand that someone do something, often by official order.
When you demand 100 trucks for military purpose, this is an example of a situation where you requisition 100 trucks.

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requisition

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

Origin of requisition

Classical Latin requisitio from requisitus, past participle of requirere: see require

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

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requisition

noun

A formal written request for something needed.
A necessity; a requirement.
The state or condition of being needed or put into service.
Law A formal request of one government to another demanding the return of a criminal or fugitive.

transitive verb

req·ui·si·tioned, req·ui·si·tion·ing, req·ui·si·tions

To demand, as for military needs.
To make demands of.

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Noun

(plural requisitions)

A formal request for something.
1. A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
2. (law) A notarial demand for repayment of a debt.
3. (military) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
4. A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service.
  a requisition for clothing, troops, or money
That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
A call; an invitation; a summons.
a requisition for a public meeting