requisitioning
Formally claiming supplies
Requisitioning is the act of formally demanding or taking something for official use, typically by an authority or organization.
Governments requisition supplies during wartime; departments requisition equipment through bureaucratic channels.
The word implies official sanction rather than simple requesting: The army was requisitioning vehicles from local farmers.
It can also describe the paperwork involved: She spent the morning requisitioning office supplies.
Seize for official purposes
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
ammunition · supplies · materiel · quartermaster · provisions · wartime · emergency · troops
Seize by authority
- expropriateSeize for state use
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- impoundSeize by authority
- sequesterSet apart, isolate
dispossess · annex · take · compulsory · forced · government · eminent domain · nationalize
Allocation across recipients
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- assigningDesignating for a purpose
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
disbursement · earmarking · dividing · parceling · doling · meting · prioritization · resources
Goods obtained for payment
- supplierSource of goods
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- vendorOne who sells goods
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
sourcing · supply chain · order · buying · bidding · tender · invoice · quotation
Formal request document
- petitionFormal written appeal
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- appealFormal review request
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
submission · authorization · official · written · approval · channels · procedure · protocol
commandeer
Seize for official purposes
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
logistics · ammunition · supplies · materiel · quartermaster · provisions · wartime · emergency · troops · equipment
confiscate
Seize by authority
- expropriateSeize for state use
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- impoundSeize by authority
sequester · dispossess · annex · take · compulsory · forced · government · eminent domain · nationalize · claim
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- assigningDesignating for a purpose
rationing · disbursement · earmarking · dividing · parceling · doling · meting · prioritization · resources · budgeting
purchase
Goods obtained for payment
acquisition · sourcing · supply chain · order · buying · bidding · tender · invoice · quotation · negotiation
application
Formal request document
- petitionFormal written appeal
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- appealFormal review request
proposal · submission · authorization · official · written · approval · channels · procedure · protocol · department
- war mobilizationmobilization, troop mobilization, military draft, selective service, mobilization orders
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
- Stockpilingstockpiling, reserves, storage, hoarding, stocking up
requisitioningpurchasing
Acquiring through payment
buying · bartering · requesting · trading · procuring
requisitioningsurrendering
Ceasing to resist
relinquishing · giving up · handing over · donating · releasing
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