Requisition
[,rekwɪ'zɪʃ(ə)n] or ['rɛkwə'zɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an official form on which a request in made; 'first you have to fill out the requisition'.
(noun.) 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.
(verb.) make a formal request for official services.
(verb.) demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service.
Typist: Shirley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.
(n.) A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
(n.) A notarial demand of a debt.
(n.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
(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.) 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.
(v. t.) To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.
(v. t.) To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate.
Typist: Wanda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Demand, claim, exaction, requirement, call.
Edited by Josie
Examples
- The architect, engineer, and illustrator find it in constant requisition. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As quartermaster he declined to fill the requisition, and endorsed on the back of it his reasons for so doing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The slate comes into requisition again, but the word he wants to write he cannot remember. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Adele and I had now to vacate the library: it would be in daily requisition as a reception-room for callers. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He and his books were in frequent requisition as to property confiscated and made national. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As commander of the company he made a requisition upon the quartermaster--himself--for something he wanted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Jos felt that the delay of yesterday had been only a respite, and that his dearly bought horses must of a surety be put into requisition. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You will learn what steps he has taken, and be governed in your requisitions accordingly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Make all requisitions upon the chiefs of their respective departments in the field with me at City Point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Scott