requisite

adj : necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all

things needful" [syn: {needed}, {needful}, {required}]

n : anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of

life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers

to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a

place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can

be obtained" [syn: {necessity}, {essential}, {requirement},

{necessary}] [ant: {inessential}]