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requisition
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.
Roget 630:
requirement,
need,
wants,
necessities;
necessaries,
necessaries of life;
stress,
exigency,
pinch,
sine qua non,
matter of necessity;
case of need,
case of life or death.
needfulness,
essentiality,
necessity,
indispensability,
urgency.
requisition
etc.
(request)
765,
(exaction)
741;
run upon;
demand,
call for.
charge,
claim,
command,
injunction,
mandate,
order,
precept.
desideratum
etc.
(desire)
865;
want
etc.
(deficiency)
640.
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Roget 741:
command,
order,
ordinance,
act,
fiat,
hukm†,
bidding,
dictum,
hest†,
behest,
call,
beck,
nod.
despatch,
dispatch;
message,
direction,
injunction,
charge,
instructions;
appointment,
fixture.
demand,
exaction,
imposition,
requisition,
claim,
reclamation,
revendication†;
ultimatum
etc.
(terms)
770;
request
etc.
765;
requirement.
dictation;
dictate,
mandate;
caveat,
decree,
senatus consultum [Lat.];
precept;
prescript,
rescript;
writ,
ordination,
bull,
ex cathedra pronouncement [Lat.],
edict,
decretal†,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit†,
ukase,
ukaz [Rus.],
firman,
hatti-sherif†,
warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius [Lat.],
interpellation,
citation;
word,
word of command;
mot d'ordre [Fr.];
bugle call,
trumpet call;
beat of drum,
tattoo;
order of the day;
enactment
etc.
(law)
963;
plebiscite
etc.
(choice)
609.
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Roget 765:
request,
requisition;
claim
etc.
(demand)
741;
petition,
suit,
prayer;
begging letter,
round robin.
motion,
overture,
application,
canvass,
address,
appeal,
apostrophe;
imprecation;
rogation;
proposal,
proposition.
orison
etc.
(worship)
990;
incantation
etc.
(spell)
993.
mendicancy;
asking,
begging
etc.
v.;
postulation,
solicitation,
invitation,
entreaty,
importunity,
supplication,
instance,
impetration†,
imploration†,
obsecration†,
obtestation†,
invocation,
interpellation.
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Dutch: vorderen, vordering
Polish: rekwizycja
2 requisition
An official form on which a request in made:
— First you have to fill out the requisition.
synonym: requisition form.
3 requisition
Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized.
synonym: sequestration.
Dutch: beslaglegging, uitleveringsverzoek
Polish: sekwestr, sekwestracja, areszt
verb
1 requisition
Make a formal request for official services.
Dutch: heffen, rekwireren, vorderen
2 requisition
Demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service.
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