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- Dictionarysolicitation/səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the act of asking for or trying to obtain something from someone: "he was a regular target for solicitation of funds"
- 2. the act of accosting someone and offering one's or someone else's services as a prostitute: "a woman arrested for solicitation"
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SOLICITATION definition: 1. a request for money, information, or help: 2. an offer of sex for money, usually in a public…. Learn more.
Solicitation is a request for something, usually money. If you buy a fancy new house, expect a phone call from the local charity with a solicitation for a donation. Solicitation comes from solicit, which means "to request," or "to entreat." So solicitation is the act of requesting.
The meaning of SOLICITATION is the practice or act or an instance of soliciting; especially : entreaty, importunity. How to use solicitation in a sentence.
Solicitation definition: the act of soliciting.. See examples of SOLICITATION used in a sentence.
SOLICIT definition: 1. to ask someone for money, information, or help: 2. to offer sex for money, usually in a public…. Learn more.
: to approach with a request or plea. solicited Congress for funding. 2. : to urge (something, such as one's cause) strongly. 3. a. : to entice or lure especially into evil. b. : to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute. 4. : to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas. solicited donations.
noun. 1. the act of soliciting. 2. entreaty, urging, or importunity; a petition or request. 3. enticement or allurement. 4. Law. a. the crime of asking another to commit or to aid in a crime. b. the act of a prostitute soliciting in a public place. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
n. 1. the act of soliciting. 2. a petition or request; entreaty. 3. enticement; allurement. 4. a. the crime of asking another to commit or aid in a crime. b. the action of a prostitute who solicits in a public place. [1485–95]
solicitation. noun. /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃn/ [uncountable, countable] (formal) (especially North American English) the act of asking somebody for something, such as support, money or information; the act of trying to get something or persuading somebody to do something. the solicitation of money for election funds. Definitions on the go.
Solicitation definition: A request or petition intended to obtain something; criminally urging, advising, or ordering someone to commit a crime; offering to pay for sex or requesting money in exchange for sex; an attempt to increase the number of one’s actual or potential clientele.
