REQUISITION


Meaning of REQUISITION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rekwɪzɪʃ(ə)n ]

( requisitions, requisitioning, requisitioned)

1.

If people in authority requisition a vehicle, building, or food, they formally demand it and take it for official use. ( FORMAL )

Authorities requisitioned hotel rooms to lodge more than 3,000 stranded Christmas vacationers.

= commandeer

VERB : V n

2.

A requisition is a written document which allows a person or organization to obtain goods.

...a requisition for a replacement photocopier.

N-COUNT

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