What does "requisition" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting. [Eng.]
  2. 3.To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.
  3. 4.To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]

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