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Purchase requisition

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In office & administration, purchase requisition means: An internal document asking permission to buy goods or services before a purchase order is issued.

In Turkish: satın alma talep formu

How it is used

Used by employees or departments to request items, equipment, or services. It usually lists quantity, budget code, reason, and needed date.

Example sentences

  1. Before ordering new headsets, Nina submitted a purchase requisition with the cost center and three supplier quotes attached.

    Here, the term means the internal request document used to justify and authorize buying before any order is placed.

  2. Finance returned the purchase requisition because the manager had not explained why the replacement printer was urgent.

    In this example, it is a formal form that can be reviewed, questioned, and sent back if information is incomplete.

Common collocations

  • submit a purchase requisition
  • purchase requisition form
  • approve a purchase requisition
  • purchase orderAn official document a company sends to a supplier to order goods or services, listing the items, quantities, prices and an order number.
  • invoiceA document from a supplier that lists the goods or services provided, their prices, the total amount to be paid and the date it must be paid by.

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