Meaning of requisition in English
(Definition of requisition from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
requisition | Intermediate English
requisition | Business English
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The shareholders have requisitioned an extraordinary meeting.
The department has requisitioned a fleet of cars for the event.
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There have also been efforts to enhance the integrity of the land requisition process.
From Heritage.org
Land, property, livestock, even houses were requisitioned as farmers became state employees forced to deliver ever higher grain quotas.
From Foreign Policy
As they studied the problem, they learned that standard development practice was simply to requisition and supply new vehicles, with no consideration for their maintenance.
From Huffington Post
She recalled living in a fourplex at the time and requisitioning all of her neighbor's kitchens for the growing business.
From Hollywood Reporter
To enlighten the bank as to exactly what they were getting by requisitioning her family home.
From Huffington Post
Of the remaining 56, 29 were missing valid purchase requisitions, which the department head must approve before purchases are made.
From Plain Dealer
According to the criminal complaint, he paid off those providers with thousands of dollars per month to sign their names to requisition forms authorizing testing for patients they never examined.
From NJ.com
As part of the requisition request, the researcher must complete a detailed form.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
A range of foodstuffs were used, not least what could be locally requisitioned.
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Having received their property easily, scientists could also see it requisitioned by some other governmental department for another state need.
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As the system for civilian labor requisition became subject to tighter regulation, convict labor came to be used for the most dangerous work.
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The requisition system did not originate as a tax system per se.
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Data were collected from 169 reports evaluating requisitions of incorporation of new medicines.
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Beginning in 1777, the requisitions included explicit statements that the quotas they set were provisional.
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His point was that the impost could be more productive than requisitions because the requisition system rested on direct taxes in the states.
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