request

verb

1. To ask for (something).

   “The corporal requested reinforcements.”

   “I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position.”

   “Copies of records of Spear's long-distance telephone calls (which had been requested by Norfolk County police from the telephone company)”

2. (transitive)To ask (somebody) to do something.

   “She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.”

noun

1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

   “I will marry her, sir, at your request.”

   “The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request.”

2. A formal message requesting something.
3. Condition of being sought after.

   “I do not doubt, but many Great and more Noble Uſes would have been made of ſuch Conqueſts or Diſcoveries, if they had fallen to the ſhare of the Greeks and Romans in thoſe Ages, when Knowledge and Fame were in as great Requeſt, as endleſs Gains and Wealth are among us now; [...]”

4. A message sent over a network to a server.

   “The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request.”

5. (obsolete)That which is asked for or requested.

   “He gave them their request.”