Definition of solicitation in English:
solicitation
noun səlɪsɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nsəˌlɪsəˈteɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun1The act of asking for or trying to obtain something from someone.
he was a regular target for solicitation of funds
count noun people objected to receiving telephone solicitations
Example sentencesExamples
- In any given week, we receive no fewer than 500 to 1,000 solicitations by artists and galleries interested in our representation.
- In a 1998 solicitation, members were asked to list their favorite CDs of the year.
- I might have supported these reforms if there were some parallel restriction on solicitation by credit card companies.
- Were you involved in the solicitation of any of these companies?
- The rest of the funding is raised through direct-mail solicitations and grant proposals.
2The act of accosting someone and offering one's or someone else's services as a prostitute.
a woman arrested for solicitation
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1900, Berlin allowed street solicitation for registered prostitutes.
- More telling might have been his arrest and incarceration in 1994 for child pornography charges and solicitation of young girls.
- The result was that they couldn't scan their postings even for such nefarious, illegal material as child sex solicitation.
- This provision of the law is triggered only by an offer of sexual services or a solicitation to that end.
- If only for public humiliation, the police should post the names of johns arrested for solicitation.
Definition of solicitation in US English:
solicitation
nounsəˌlɪsəˈteɪʃ(ə)nsəˌlisəˈtāSH(ə)n
1The act of asking for or trying to obtain something from someone.
he was a regular target for solicitation of funds
people objected to receiving telephone solicitations
Example sentencesExamples
- I might have supported these reforms if there were some parallel restriction on solicitation by credit card companies.
- In a 1998 solicitation, members were asked to list their favorite CDs of the year.
- In any given week, we receive no fewer than 500 to 1,000 solicitations by artists and galleries interested in our representation.
- Were you involved in the solicitation of any of these companies?
- The rest of the funding is raised through direct-mail solicitations and grant proposals.
2The act of accosting someone and offering one's or someone else's services as a prostitute.
a woman arrested for solicitation
Example sentencesExamples
- More telling might have been his arrest and incarceration in 1994 for child pornography charges and solicitation of young girls.
- This provision of the law is triggered only by an offer of sexual services or a solicitation to that end.
- The result was that they couldn't scan their postings even for such nefarious, illegal material as child sex solicitation.
- If only for public humiliation, the police should post the names of johns arrested for solicitation.
- In 1900, Berlin allowed street solicitation for registered prostitutes.