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# solicitation

«solicitation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a request asking someone for money, help, business or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a solicitation, solicitations; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A solicitation is a request asking someone for money, help, business or support (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#m1)

2) Solicitation is the act of asking for something, like donations or votes (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#m2)

3) (law) Solicitation is also the crime of asking or urging someone to do something illegal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

This is a stiff word met in letters, notices, law and exam texts. A sign saying «No solicitation» means salespeople and collectors must not knock or ask. In money lessons a solicitation for donations is a request from a charity. Phrases: solicitation of funds, no solicitation, a solicitation letter.

### examples

- The charity sent a solicitation for donations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x1)
- The sign on the gate says «No solicitation». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x2)
- The school refused solicitations from companies selling sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x3)
- He ignored the solicitation in his email. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x4)
- Solicitation of votes inside the polling station is not allowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x5)
- In law, solicitation means urging someone to commit a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x6)
- At his solicitation she restored to his companions their human form, promising at the same time that henceforth the hero and his comrades should be free from her enchantments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x7)

### note

Formal word; the verb is «solicit» and something not asked for is «unsolicited». Do not confuse with «solicitor», a kind of lawyer (UK, Ireland, Australia). Countable when it means one request; uncountable for the activity.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «solicitation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.