Requisition vs Receive - What's the difference?
requisition | receive |
A formal request for something.
# A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
# (legal) A notarial demand for repayment of a debt.
# (military) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
# A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service.
That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
A call; an invitation; a summons.
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Our hearts receive your warnings.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.
*(Bible), viii.64:
*:The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings.
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, title= To take possession of.
To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
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*(Bible), (w) xxviii.2:
*:They kindled a fire, and received us every one.
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*:In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
To suffer from (an injury).
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To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
*(Bible), (w) vii.4:
*:Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots.
(lb) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
(lb) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
# To be in a position to hit back a service.
#(lb) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.
To accept into the mind; to understand.
*, I.57:
*:I cannot receive that manner, whereby we establish the continuance of our life.
As nouns the difference between requisition and receive
is that requisition is requisition while receive is (telecommunications) an operation in which data is received.As a verb receive is
to take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc; to accept; to be given something.requisition
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Noun
(en noun)- (Kent)
- (Wharton)
- (Farrow)
- a requisition for clothing, troops, or money
- a requisition for a public meeting
Derived terms
* requisitionaryreceive
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(receiv)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
No hiding place, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}