Request vs. Requisition

By Jaxson

  • Request (verb)

    to express the need or desire for

  • Request (verb)

    to ask somebody to do something

  • Request (noun)

    Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

  • Request (noun)

    A formal message requesting something.

  • Request (noun)

    of being sought after.

  • Request (noun)

    That which is asked for or requested.

  • Requisition (noun)

    A formal request for something.

  • Requisition (noun)

    A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.

  • Requisition (noun)

    A notarial demand for repayment of a debt.

  • Requisition (noun)

    A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.

  • Requisition (noun)

    That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.

  • Requisition (noun)

    A call; an invitation; a summons.

    “a requisition for a public meeting”

  • Requisition (verb)

    To demand something, especially for a military need of staff, supplies{{,}} or transport.

Wiktionary
  • Request (noun)

    an act of asking politely or formally for something

    “a request for information”

    “the club’s excursion was postponed at the request of some of the members”

  • Request (noun)

    a thing that is asked for

    “to have our ideas taken seriously is surely a reasonable request”

  • Request (noun)

    an instruction to a computer to provide information or perform another function

    “the computer is busy servicing requests from other processes”

  • Request (noun)

    a tune or song played on a radio programme, typically accompanied by a personal message, in response to a listener’s request.

  • Request (noun)

    the state of being sought after

    “human intelligence, which is in constant request in a family”

  • Request (verb)

    politely or formally ask for

    “the chairman requested that the reports be considered”

    “he received the information he had requested”

  • Request (verb)

    politely or formally ask (someone) to do something

    “the letter requested him to report to London”

  • Requisition (noun)

    an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials

    “I had to make various requisitions for staff and accommodation”

  • Requisition (noun)

    a formal written demand that something should be performed or put into operation

    “requisitions for an Extraordinary General Meeting must state the business to be transacted”

  • Requisition (noun)

    a demand to the vendor of a property for the official search relating to the title.

  • Requisition (noun)

    the appropriation of goods for military or public use

    “requisition of grain at the point of a gun proved a novel experience for the peasantry”

  • Requisition (verb)

    demand the use or supply of (something) by official order

    “the government had assumed powers to requisition cereal products at fixed prices”

  • Requisition (verb)

    demand the performance or occurrence of

    “a stakeholder has requisitioned an extraordinary general meeting”

Oxford Dictionary

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