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Verb: requisition  ,re-kwi'zi-shun
  1. Make a formal request for official services
     
  2. Demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service
Noun: requisition  ,re-kwi'zi-shun
  1. 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
     
  2. An official form on which a request is made
    "first you have to fill out the requisition";
    - requisition form
     
  3. Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
    - sequestration

Derived forms: requisitioned, requisitioning, requisitions

Type of: appropriation, arrogate, claim, command, demand, form, lay claim, require

Antonym: derequisition

Encyclopedia: Requisition