The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. [1913 Webster]
That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries. [1913 Webster]
A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting. [1913 Webster]

requisition, v. t.

To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops. [1913 Webster]
To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

requisition, n. & v.
--n.
1 an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials.
2 a formal written demand that some duty should be performed.
3 being called or put into service.
--v.tr. demand the use or supply of, esp. by requisition order.

Idiom

under (or in) requisition being used or applied.

Derivative

requisitioner n. requisitionist n.

Etymology

F r{eacute}quisition or L requisitio (as REQUIRE)

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THESAURUS

requisition

address, adopt, adoption, application, apply for, appropriate, appropriation, arrogate, arrogation, ask, ask for, asking, assume, assumption, authorization, authorize, bare necessities, beck, beck and call, beg leave, bespeak, bid come, bidding, blackmail, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, calling, calling forth, challenge, cite, claim, clamor for, colonization, colonize, commandeer, confiscate, conjure, conjure up, conquer, conquest, contribution, convene, convocation, convoke, crave, cry for, demand, demand for, desideration, desideratum, desire, draft, drain, duty, enslave, enslavement, essential, essentials, evocation, evoke, exact, exaction, expressed desire, expropriate, extort, extortion, extortionate demand, file for, heavy demand, hog, impetration, impose, imposition, impost, indent, indispensable, insistent demand, invocation, invoke, issue an ultimatum, jump a claim, levy, make a demand, make a request, make a requisition, make application, make free with, make use of, mandate, monopolize, must, must item, muster, muster up, necessaries, necessities, necessity, need, need for, nod, nonnegotiable demand, notice, occasion, occupation, occupy, order, order up, overrun, page, petition, place an order, postulate, preconization, preconize, preempt, preemption, preoccupation, preoccupy, prepossess, prepossession, prerequirement, prerequisite, put in for, put in requisition, recall, request, require, requirement, requisite, rush, rush order, screw, seize, send after, send for, serve, sit on, solicit, squat on, subjugate, subjugation, subpoena, summon, summon forth, summon up, summons, take all of, take it all, take over, take possession of, take up, takeover, taking over, tax, taxing, the necessary, the needful, tribute, ultimatum, usurp, usurpation, voucher, want, warn, warning, whistle for, wish

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ROGET THESAURUS

requisition

Requirement

N 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, run upon, demand, call for, charge, claim, command, injunction, mandate, order, precept, desideratum, want, Adj, required, requisite, needful, necessary, imperative, essential, indispensable, prerequisite, called for, in demand, in request, urgent, exigent, pressing, instant, crying, absorbing, in want of, destitute of, ex necessitate rei, of necessity, there is no time to lose, it cannot be spared, it cannot be dispensed with, mendacem memorem esse oportet, necessitas non habet legem, nec tecum possum trivere nec sine te.

Command

N 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, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.

Request

N request, requisition, claim, petition, suit, prayer, begging letter, round robin, motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe, imprecation, rogation, proposal, proposition, orison, incantation, mendicancy, asking, begging, postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, impetration, imploration, obsecration, obtestation, invocation, interpellation, requesting, precatory, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory, postulant, obsecratory, importunate, clamorous, urgent, cap in hand, on one's knees, on one's bended knees, on one's marrowbones, prithee, do, please, pray, be so good as, be good enough, have the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please, Int, for God's sake!, for heaven's sake!, for goodness' sake!, for mercy's sake!, Dieu vous garde, dirigenos Domine, would you be so kind as to.

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