Translate requisition | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of requisition
noun
an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials:I had to make various requisitions for staff and accommodation 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 (also requisition on title) Law a demand to the vendor of a property for the official search relating to the title. [mass 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
verb
[with object] demand the use or supply of (something) by official order:the government had assumed powers to requisition cereal products at fixed prices demand the performance or occurrence of:a stakeholder has requisitioned an extraordinary general meeting
