Definition of Request

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Request

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

That which is asked for or requested.

A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.

To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.

To address with a request; to ask.

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Request Quotations

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
Saint Augustine

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.
Henry A. Kissinger

Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics.
Nicolaus Copernicus

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
Lord Chesterfield

An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information.
Bo Bennett

We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work to prevent terrorist attacks here North America, if we have a catastrophic terrorist attack, it is the military that is going to have to go in at the request of civilian authorities.
Paul Cellucci

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
Kate Smith

And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different.
Fred Thompson

Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you.
Zebulon Pike

I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that.
Hugh Shelton

Request Translations

request in Afrikaans is versoek, vra
request in Dutch is vragen, aanvragen, inroepen, verzoeken
request in German is abfragen, Abfrage, ersuchen, anfordern, Gesuch
request in Latin is prex precis, postulatio, posco, peto
request in Portuguese is rogar, pedido

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