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requisition

/ˌrɛkwɪˈzɪʃn̩/

C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

A formal written query raised by a buyer's solicitor requiring the seller to clarify or perfect the title.

The purchaser's solicitor raised a requisition on the apparent break in the chain of title.

Similar: enquiry

Topic: Conveyancing & land in Legal English

Business noun

A formal request to authorise the filling of a vacancy or the acquisition of a resource.

The hiring manager raised a requisition before we could advertise the role.

Topic: Human resources in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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