requisition

req·ui·si·tion  (rkw-zshn)

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)

1. to demand and take for use or service, esp by military or public authority

2. (may take an infinitive) to require (someone) formally to do (something) to requisition a soldier to drive a staff officer's car

requisitionary  adj

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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.

Thesaurus

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" requisition form 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 sequestration 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 command, require - make someone do something
	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.

2. demand, order, call for, request, apply for, put in for the task of requisitioning men and supplies

noun

1. demand, request, call, order, application, summons a requisition for a replacement typewriter

2. takeover, occupation, seizure, appropriation, confiscation, commandeering They are against the requisition of common land.

Translations

requisition [ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃən]

A. N (Mil) → requisa f, requisición f; (= formal request) → solicitud f

B. VT (Mil) → requisar; (= formally request) → solicitar

requisition [ˌrɛkwɪˈzɪʃ^ən]

n → réquisition f
the requisition of private vehicles → la réquisition des véhicules privés
requisition for sth → demande f de qch

vt → réquisitionner

requisition

n → Anforderung f; (= act: of objects) → Requisition f; to make a requisition for something → etw anfordern

vt sb’s services → anfordern; supplies, food → requirieren; building → beschlagnahmen, requirieren

requisition [ˌrɛkwɪˈzɪʃ/ən]

1. n

a. (Mil) → requisizione f

b. (request for supply) → richiesta

2. vt (see n) → requisire, richiedere

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requisition [ˌrɛkwɪˈzɪʃ/ən]

1. n

a. (Mil) → requisizione f

b. (request for supply) → richiesta

2. vt (see n) → requisire, richiedere