requisition

requisition
req|ui|si|tion1 [ ,rekwı`zıʃn ] noun count or uncount
an official request, especially from the government or the military, for something to be given or made available
requisition
req|ui|si|tion 2 [ ,rekwı`zıʃn ] verb transitive
to make an official request or order that something should be given or made available
a. if the army or another group requisitions something, they formally order it to be given to them to be used for official purposes

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • réquisition — [ rekizisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1180 « requête »; lat. requisitio, de requirere → requérir 1 ♦ Dr. Requête à un tribunal, demande incidente à l audience. Sur la réquisition de la partie civile, du président. « Laquelle somme je payerai à sa première… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Requisition — stammt aus dem Lateinischen, requirere bedeutet wörtlich aufsuchen, untersuchen, verlangen. Das Wort kann in unterschiedlichen Zusammenhängen verwendet werden: Requisition bedeutet im militärischen Sinne die Beschlagnahmung von zivilen Sachgütern …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Requisition — Réquisition Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Une réquisition est un ordre donné par une autorité. Sommaire 1 En droit public 2 En droit civil et pénal …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Requisition — Req ui*si tion, v. t. 1. To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops. [1913 Webster] 2. To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • requisition — req·ui·si·tion /ˌre kwə zi shən/ n 1: the taking of property by a public authority for a public use: the exercise of the power of eminent domain 2: a formal demand made by one international jurisdiction (as a nation) upon another for the… …   Law dictionary

  • requisition — Requisition. s. f. Requeste, action de requerir. A la requisition d un tel. sur la requisition du Procureur du Roy …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • requisition — [rek΄wə zish′ən] n. [L requisitio < requisitus, pp. of requirere: see REQUIRE] 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… …   English World dictionary

  • Requisition — Req ui*si tion (r?k w? z?sh ?n), n.[Cf. F. r[ e]quisition, L. requisitio a searching.] 1. The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law) A formal demand made by one state or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • requisition — (n.) c.1500, from O.Fr. requisition, from L. requisitionem (nom. requisitio) a searching, from pp. stem of requisitus (see REQUISITE (Cf. requisite)). As a verb, from 1837. Related: Requisitioned; requisitioning …   Etymology dictionary

  • requisition — [n] demand; application for need appropriation, call, commandeering, occupation, request, seizure, summons, takeover; concept 662 requisition [v] ask for; apply for something needed buy, call for, challenge, claim, demand, exact, order, postulate …   New thesaurus

  • requisition — ► NOUN 1) an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials. 2) the appropriation of goods for military or public use. 3) a formal written demand that something should be performed or put into operation. ► VERB ▪ demand the use,… …   English terms dictionary

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