requisition.

1. A formal request or authoritative demand for goods, equipment, or services.

2. To demand or take property for official use under an authority's powers.

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Words that belong together

• equipment requisition
• submit a requisition

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The quartermaster signed a requisition for replacement boots.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular requisition; plural requisitions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: requisitions.