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▪ I. asking, vbl. n.|ˈɑːskɪŋ, æ-|
Forms: 1 ásc-, ácsung, 3 ax-, escunge, ascing, 4–5 ask-, axyng(e, 4–6 askinge, 5– asking: other variants of the root as in ask.
[f. ask v.: see -ing1.]
1. The action of putting a question, interrogation, inquiry.
c885K. ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §4 Hit is þeaw þære spræce and þære ácsunge. ― Boeth. Metr. xxii. 41 Mid ascunga. c1230Ancr. R. 338 Of þe axunge mei uallen vuel. c1225St. Marherete (1866) 16 Stew þe, steorue, ant stille beo þin escunge. c1380Wyclif Wicket 15 The puttynge awaye of fylthenes of the fleshe, and the axynge of good conscience. [Cf. 1 Pet. iii. 21 (revised) interrogation.] 1794Burns Let. in Wks. (Globe) 549 Do not miss asking for him.
†2. An inquiry, a question. Obs.
c1325Metr. Hom. 35 Quen Crist thair asking herd, Ful mildely he thaim ansuerd. c1410tr. Bonaventura's Myrrour (Pynson) viii. D j, Our lady..answereth sadly and shortly to theyr askynges.
3. The action of requesting a favour, gift, etc.; praying, begging.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 After clepenge and ascinge. 1340Ayenb. 198 He deþ bet þet yefþ wyþoute aksinge. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, ii. i. 4 Bestowing on him, at his asking, The Archbishopricke of Toledo. 1828Scott F. M. Perth I. 34 A lass that may be had for the asking.
4. A petition, prayer, a supplication. arch.
c1300Cursor M. 3301 Þine asking Es noght bot a litell thing. 1388Wyclif Bar. ii. 14 Lord here thou oure axyngis and our preyeris. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 101 He neuer denyed hem her petycyons and askynges. 1513Douglas æneis ix. iii. 53 Grant this ane axing quhilk I the requeyr. 1607Shakes. Cor. i. vi. 65 Yet dare I neuer Deny your asking. 1860Tennyson Tithonus 16 Then didst thou grant mine asking with a smile.
†5. A price asked, a demand. Obs.
1615T. Adams White Devil 59 He makes his owne price, for they gave him his asking. 1637Sanderson 21 Serm. Ad Aul. v. (1673) 71 Naboth shall have his own asking.
†6.
a. An appeal; a calling for justice, or to the law.
b. Oppression, exaction. Obs.
1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle i. viii. 6 In euery ryghtwys court..admytted to maken his compleynt, and purpoos his askynge. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. cxxxiv. 114 He did grete destruction to holy chirche thurugh wrongful taking and axyngs.
7. The publication of banns of marriage. famil.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Banns, The publication of banns (popularly called asking in the church). 1824Byron Juan xvi. lxxxviii, At the third asking of the bans He started. 1865B. Brierley Irkdale II. 187 The ‘askings’ had been called over three consecutive Sundays.
8. asking price (asking rate), the price (or rate) asked for or set by the seller. Cf. ask v. 9 b.
1755Mrs. C. Charke Life 151, I flew..to all the Brokers in Town, to buy my Houshold Furniture, gave the asking Price for every thing I bought. 1852Harper's Mag. V. 534/1 The merchants..have two prices—an ‘asking price’ and a ‘taking price’. 1924Times Trade & Engin. Suppl. 29 Nov. 242/4 This is higher than recent f.o.b. sales for this autumn's delivery, but about {pstlg}2 a standard lower than the ‘asking’ prices at the commencement. 1930Economist 10 May 1051/1 The asking rate on 90-day bankers' bills has been cut to 27/8 per cent.
▪ II. ˈasking, ppl. a.
[f. ask v. + -ing2.]
a. That asks; inquiring, begging, suppliant.
1735Pope Prol. Sat. 412 Explore the thought, explain the asking eye. c1750Shenstone Elegy xx. 70 Shall, vainly suppliant, spread his asking hand. 1795Southey Joan of Arc ii. 187 The asking eye of hunger. 1813Byron Corsair iii. xvi, With many an asking smile, and wondering stare.
b. asking bid (see quot. 1936).
1936E. Culbertson Contr. Bridge 15 Asking Bid, an artificial bid requesting specific information in the asked suit. 1959Reese & Dormer Bridge Player's Dict. 16 Asking-bids are a conventional way of locating controls for slam purposes. |