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

impression material (medicine) and request(1) (iou)


impression material (medicine)


impression material


Any substance or combination of substances used for making a negative reproduction or impression.


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.