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REQUISITION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

Synonyms:

requisition; sequestration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("requisition" is a kind of...):

appropriation (a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An official form on which a request in made

Example:

first you have to fill out the requisition

Synonyms:

requisition; requisition form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("requisition" is a kind of...):

form (a printed document with spaces in which to write)

Derivation:

requisition (make a formal request for official services)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("requisition" is a kind of...):

demand (an urgent or peremptory request)

Derivation:

require (make someone do something)

requisition (demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a formal request for official services

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "requisition" is one way to...):

command; require (make someone do something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

requisition (an official form on which a request in made)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "requisition" is one way to...):

arrogate; claim; lay claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

derequisition (release from government control)

Derivation:

requisition (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)

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