See Also: request(1)(dictionary)
request(2)(dictionary)
Acceleration Request(money)
REQUEST NOTES, Eng(law)
LETTERS OF REQUEST, Eng(law)
request 2, verb(dictionary)
request 1, noun(dictionary)
Appropriation request(finance)
Appropriation request(money)
SPECIAL REQUEST(law)

request(1) (iou)



request noun. ME.
[Old French requeste (mod. requete) from Proto-Romance use as noun of Latin requisita fem. of pa. pple of requirere REQUIRE verb.]
The action or an instance of asking or calling for something; the fact of being asked for something; a petition, esp. a written one; an expressed wish or desire. Also, a thing asked for. ME.
V. Brittain I was bombarded..with..requests to help with jumble sales. E. Crispin A request for a glass of..fruit juice.
b. spec. A nomination of a particular record etc. to be played on a radio programme or of a song etc. to be performed, often accompanied by a personal message; a record, song, etc., played or performed in response to a request. E20.
Zigzag Playing requests in a bar. attrib.: Radio Times A request programme of records.
Math. A postulate. rare. M16-E18.
The fact or condition of being sought after; demand. Formerly also, vogue, fashion. M16.
W. T. Watts-Dunton She was in request as a face model.
Phrases: at a person's request, by request, on request in response to a person's expressed wish. Court of Request(s) Hist. orig., a court held by the Lord Privy Seal chiefly to deal with petitions put forward by poor people; later, a local court for the recovery of small debts. make request arch. ask, beg. Master of Request(s), Master of the Request(s) Hist. a leading officer of the Court of Requests. no flowers by request: see FLOWER noun 2. on request see at a person's request above. request for proposal N. Amer. a detailed specification of goods or services required by an organization, sent to potential contractors or suppliers.
Comb.: requestman Nautical a seaman making a written request to an officer; in pl. (treated as sing.), the occasion appointed for the presentation of such requests; request programme a radio etc. programme composed of items requested by the audience; request stop a stop at which a bus etc. halts only on request from a passenger or intending passenger.