requirement

[Eng. require; -ment.] 1. The act of requiring; requisition, demand. 2. That which is required or nece ary; a requis ite. "The requirements of manufacture are much more numerous."- Ca ell's Tech. Educator , pt. xi., p. 312. 3. That which requires the doing of something; an e ential condition; a claim. "According to the requirements of its nature."-Glanvill: Pre-existence of Souls , ch. xiii. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; rere