solicitation
pronunciation
How to pronounce solicitation in British English:
UK [səˌlɪsɪ'təɪʃn]
How to pronounce solicitation in American English:
US [səˌlɪsəˈteʃən]
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- Noun:
- an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
- request for a sum of money
- the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
Word Origin
- solicitation (n.)
- late 15c., "management," from Middle French solicitation and directly from Latin solicitationem (nominative solicitatio) "vexation, disturbance, instigation," noun of action from past participle stem of solicitare (see solicit). Meaning "action of soliciting" is from 1520s. Specific sexual sense is from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Direct mail and telephone solicitation are such effective fundraising tools that most large social movement organizations use one or both .
- 2. International planning solicitation for the master plan of zhengzhou airport .
- 3. Protection of the danish administration of cultural heritage monument open solicitation program , the final selection of the construction of glass program .
- 4. This is not a solicitation list or directory .
- 5. We 'll look the other way on solicitation .