requisition
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req·ui·si·tion
(rĕk′wĭ-zĭsh′ən)n.
1. A formal written request for something needed.
2. A necessity; a requirement.
3. The state or condition of being needed or put into service.
4. Law A formal request of one government to another demanding the return of a criminal or fugitive.
tr.v. req·ui·si·tioned, req·ui·si·tion·ing, req·ui·si·tions
1. To demand, as for military needs.
2. To make demands of.
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requisition
(ˌrɛkwɪˈzɪʃən)n
1. a request or demand, esp an authoritative or formal one
2. an official form on which such a demand is made
3. the act of taking something over, esp temporarily for military or public use in time of emergency
4. a necessary or essential condition; requisite
5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a formal request by one government to another for the surrender of a fugitive from justice
vb (tr)
6. to demand and take for use or service, esp by military or public authority
7. (may take an infinitive) to require (someone) formally to do (something): to requisition a soldier to drive a staff officer's car.
ˌrequiˈsitionary adj
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req•ui•si•tion
(ˌrɛk wəˈzɪʃ ən)n.
1. the act of requiring or demanding something.
2. a demand made.
3. a formal or official demand.
4. a written request for something, as supplies.
5. the form on which such an order is drawn up.
6. the state of being in use or required for use: supplies in requisition.
v.t. 7. to require, order, or take for use.
8. to demand or take, as for military purposes.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin requīsītiō investigation =requīsī-, variant s. of requīrere (see require) + -tiō -tion]
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requisition
1. An authoritative demand or request especially for personnel, supplies, or services authorized but not made available without specific request. (DOD only)
2. To demand or require services from an invaded or conquered nation.
2. To demand or require services from an invaded or conquered nation.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
requisition
Past participle: requisitioned
Gerund: requisitioning
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Noun | 1. | requisition - 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 demand - an urgent or peremptory request; "his demands for attention were unceasing" |
2. | requisition - an official form on which a request in made; "first you have to fill out the requisition" form - a printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form" | |
3. | requisition - seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized appropriation - a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest" | |
Verb | 1. | requisition - make a formal request for official services |
2. | requisition - demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service arrogate, lay claim, claim - demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" derequisition - release from government control |
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requisition
verb
1. take over, appropriate, occupy, seize, confiscate, commandeer, take possession of, sequester The vessel was requisitioned by the British Navy.
noun
2. takeover, occupation, seizure, appropriation, confiscation, commandeering They are against the requisition of common land.
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requisition
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Translations
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
requisition
[ˌrɛkwɪˈzɪʃən] n → réquisition f
the requisition of private vehicles → la réquisition des véhicules privés
requisition for sth → demande f de qch
the requisition of private vehicles → la réquisition des véhicules privés
requisition for sth → demande f de qch
vt → réquisitionner
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
requisition
n → Anforderung f; (= act: of objects) → Requisition f; to make a requisition for something → etw anfordern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
requisition
[ˌrɛkwɪˈzɪʃ/ən]1. n
a. (Mil) → requisizione f
b. (request for supply) → richiesta
2. vt (see n) → requisire, richiedere
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