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   requisition

   /ˌrɛkwɪˈzɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials: "I had to make various requisitions for staff and accommodation" Similar orderpurchase orderrequestcallapplicationclaimdemandsummonsindent
   • ▪ a formal written demand that something should be performed or put into operation: "requisitions for an Extraordinary General Meeting must state the business to be transacted"
   • ▪ a demand to the vendor of a property for the official search relating to the title.
   • ▪ the appropriation of goods for military or public use: "requisition of grain at the point of a gun proved a novel experience for the peasantry" Similar appropriationcommandeeringpossessiontakeovertaking overoccupationseizureconfiscationexpropriationsequestration

   verb

   • 1. demand the use or supply of (something) by official order: "the government had assumed powers to requisition cereal products at fixed prices" Similar commandeerappropriatetaketake overtake possession ofoccupyseizeconfiscateexpropriatesequestratesequester
   • ▪ demand the performance or occurrence of: "a stakeholder has requisitioned an extraordinary general meeting" Similar requestordercall forapply forput in a claim forput in fordemand

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘request, demand’): from Old French, or from Latin requisitio(n-), from requirere ‘search for’ (see require). The verb dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. requisitioner noun
   • 2. requisitionist noun

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