requestor

Person seeking something

A requestor is one who makes a request.

The term appears most often in technical, legal, and bureaucratic contexts—software documentation, formal procedures, procurement systems: The requestor must submit the form by Friday.

Requester is the more common spelling in general usage, but requestor dominates in formal and institutional writing.

formal

applicant

One who formally requests

petitionerOne who formally requests
claimantOne asserting entitlement
appellantOne who appeals

supplicant · plaintiff · complainant · litigant · solicitor · filer · submitter · signatory · declarant · affiant

inquiry

questioner

One who poses inquiries

askerOne who inquires
enquirerOne who seeks information
querierOne who poses questions

interviewer · surveyor · researcher · investigator · seeker · examiner · auditor · analyst · prober · checker

service

customer

Buyer of goods

clientOne who hires professionals
consumerOne who acquires goods
end-userUltimate product recipient

subscriber · patron · beneficiary · recipient · member · enrollee · registrant · licensee · user · guest

demand

claimant

One asserting entitlement

demanderOne who requires something
insisterOne who firmly maintains
obligorOne bound by contract

exactor

Opposites

role in request transaction

requestorapprover

One granting consent

responder · grantor · provider · supplier · fulfiller

agency and authority

requestorapprover

One granting consent

authorizer · granter · decision-maker · validator · sanctioner

Phrases

friend requestOnline connection proposal
special requestTailored accommodation inquiry
the requestA formal asking
prayer requestAppeal for others' intercession
meeting requestProposal to convene
humble request

Family

request, requested, requests, requesting, requester, unrequested, requesters

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