requisition

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A formal request for something.
2. (countable, uncountable) A formal request for something.
3. (countable, uncountable) A formal request for something.
4. (countable, uncountable) A formal request for something.
5. (countable, uncountable) A formal request for something.
6. (countable, uncountable) That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
7. (countable, uncountable) A call; an invitation; a summons.

Verb

To demand something, especially for a military need of staff, supplies, or transport.

Synonyms

order

demand

request

commandeer

requirement

expropriation

mandate

claim

requisition form

confiscation

charge

supplication

lease

charter

ordain

petition

entreaty

command

prescript

press

call for

hire

commandment

sequestration

commission

solicitation

application

confiscate

govern

imposition

impressment

indent

injunction

instruction

instructions

necessitate

place

post

postulate

precept

prescription

require

requisitioning

rescript

reserve

slate

stipulate

subscribe

subscribe to

suit

Translations

réquisition

requisizione

requisar

vorderen

réquisitionner

rekwireren

opvorderen

talep

requisição

pedido

requisire

petición

verlangen

Anforderung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɹɛkwɪˈzɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: requisicion

In summary

From Middle English requisicion, from Old French requisicion, from Medieval Latin requisitio. By surface analysis, requisit(e) + -ion.