requisition

/,rekwi'ziʃn/

Thân thiện

The manager signed the requisition for new office supplies.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • An official order or demand for something, especially by a military or public authority: A formal request for supplies, services, or property, often with the authority to take them.
   • The act of formally demanding or taking something for official use: The process of making such a demand, often involving the temporary seizure of property for public or military purposes.
   • A formal written document making such a request: The specific form or paperwork used to make an official requisition.

2. Verb:

   • To formally demand or request something for official use: To make an authoritative request, typically for supplies or services needed for public or military purposes.
   • To take possession of something for official use, especially temporarily: To commandeer or seize property for public service, often by legal authority.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • The army issued a requisition for food and medical supplies.
  • Please submit the equipment requisition to the department head for approval.
  • The government's requisition of private vehicles during the crisis was controversial.

• Verb:

  • The general can requisition any building needed for the headquarters.
  • The city council requisitioned the hotel to house emergency workers.

Advanced Usage

• "To be in/under requisition": To be officially demanded or taken for use.
  • The factory was under requisition for the war effort.
• "To place/put something in requisition": To formally demand something for official use.
  • The law allows the state to put private land in requisition for infrastructure projects.

Variants and Related Words

• Requisitioning (n): The act or process of making a requisition.
  • The requisitioning of resources was handled efficiently.
• Requisitioned (adj): Taken or demanded by official order.
  • They worked in a requisitioned office building.

Synonyms

• Noun: Demand, order, command, request, appropriation, seizure.
• Verb: Commandeer, appropriate, seize, demand, request, call for.

Related Phrases

• Requisition form: The specific document used to make an official request.
  • Fill out the requisition form for any new office supplies.
• Requisition order: An official directive authorizing the taking of something.
  • The requisition order allowed them to use the warehouse.

Related Idioms

• "To bring/call into requisition": To put something to use, especially by official demand.
  • During the flood, every available boat was called into requisition for rescue operations.

Học thuật

Noun

1. seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
2. an official form on which a request in made
   • first you have to fill out the requisition
3. 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

Verb

1. demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service
2. make a formal request for official services

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sequestration
• requisition form