solicitation

so·lic·it  (s-lst)

v. so·lic·it·ed, so·lic·it·ing, so·lic·its

v.tr.

1. To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application: a candidate who solicited votes among the factory workers.

2. To petition persistently; importune: solicited the neighbors for donations.

3. To entice or incite to evil or illegal action.

4. To approach or accost (a person) with an offer of sexual services.

v.intr.

1. To make solicitation or petition for something desired.

2. To approach or accost someone with an offer of sexual services in return for payment.

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[Middle English soliciten, to disturb, from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitre, from sollicitus, troubled; see solicitous.]

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so·lici·tation n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	solicitation - an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief" appeal, entreaty, prayer - earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" beggary, begging, mendicancy - a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) touch - the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch" importunity, urging, urgency - insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
	2.	solicitation - request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" ingathering, collection, appeal petition, request, postulation - a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority whip-round - (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose
	3.	solicitation - the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) allurement enticement, temptation - the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"

Translations

solicitation [səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən] N (esp US) → solicitación f

solicitation [səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃ^ən]

n (mainly US) [money, help, support] → demande f solicitations

npl → sollicitations fpl
The new measures are aimed at cutting back on intrusive telephone solicitations → Les nouvelles mesures sont destiné à limiter les sollicitations téléphoniques abusives.

solicitation

n (form) → Flehen nt no pl (geh)