Derequisition (Verb)
Meaning
Release from government control.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The previously requisitioned properties were derequisitioned after the war and returned to their original owners.
- Companies whose assets had been derequisitioned by the government began to rebuild and restart operations.
- After the emergency had passed, the factory was derequisitioned and resumed normal production activities.
- In exchange for foreign aid, the government agreed to derequisition private industries and allow market-driven competition.
- Following complaints from the public and businesses, several key infrastructure sites were derequisitioned from military use.