Assertion and Request

noun

• A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary.
  • synonyms: averment, asseveration
• The act of affirming or asserting or stating something.
  • synonyms: affirmation, statement

• (n.) The act of asserting or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
• (n.) Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

Explicit or implicit representations by an entity's management that are embodied in financial statement components and for which the auditor obtains and evaluates evidential matter when forming his or her opinion on the entity's financial statements.

noun

• A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.
  • synonyms: petition, postulation
• The verbal act of requesting.
  • synonyms: asking

verb

• Express the need or desire for; ask for.
  • usage: "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
  • synonyms: bespeak, call for, quest
• Ask (a person) to do something.
  • usage: "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"
• Inquire for (information. )
  • usage: "I requested information from the secretary"

• (n.) A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.
• (v.t.) To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence or a favor.
• (v.t.) To address with a request; to ask.
• (n.) That which is asked for or requested.
• (n.) The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.