In plain English
It is a formal ask to push back when something due under the contract must be finished. The key idea is seeking more time for a required act that has to happen before a stated deadline or before a contractual period ends.
In context
Here, it means starting a request for extra time under the contract for something due by the tracked deadline.
- Situation
- Tracking obligations, deliverables, milestones, notices, and deadlines
- What it communicates
- initiates a request to move a tracked deadline.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not show that the extra time has been granted or that the deadline has changed.
Examples
“The builder filed an extension request under the contract three days before the completion date, and the original deadline still stood.”
“When the survey fell behind, an extension request was started for the completion date.”