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solicitation

noun

1 solicitation

An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status.

Polish: solicytacja

2 solicitation

Request for a sum of money.

synonyms: appeal, collection, ingathering.

Roget 765: request, requisition; claim etc. (demand) 741; petition, suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin.    motion, overture, ... show more

Dutch: inzameling
Polish: apel

3 solicitation

The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money).

synonym: allurement.

Roget 615: motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action.    reason, ground, call, principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring, primum mobile [Lat.], keystone; the why and the wherefore; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: addresses, all-out campaign, allurement, blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, campaign, campaign button, campaign commitments, campaign contribution, campaign fund, canvass, coaxing, conning, courting, engagement, enlistment, exhortation, grass-roots campaign, hard-hitting campaign ... show more.

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