The word for today is…
requisition (noun):
1a: the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action
b: a formal demand made by one nation upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice
2a: the act of requiring something to be furnished
b: a demand or application made usually with authority: such as
(1): a demand made by military authorities upon civilians for supplies or other needs
(2): a written request for something authorized but not made available automatically
3: the state of being in demand or use
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Requisition was originally a noun but is now probably more common as a verb. So we either can speak of sending our office's purchasing department a requisition for computers, or of requisitioning more computers from the department. The word has an official sound to it. However, one of Hollywood's bittersweet love stories begins when Omar Sharif, playing a World War II freedom fighter, says to Ingrid Bergman, who is the owner of a stately old yellow Rolls Royce, "I've come to requisition your car".
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