Word Finder - solicitation

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The action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal

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An inchoate offense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime

This was his first public office, and it came to him, like all later preferments, without any solicitation of his own.

Thus, in 1480, when a Turkish fleet seized Otranto, Matthias, at the earnest solicitation of the pope, sent Balasz Magyar to recover the fortress, which surrendered to him on the 10th of May 1481.

The letter certainly reads like solicitation in the customary halfveiled form.

You don't want your business Christmas card to look like just another solicitation.

In 1782 he entered parliament for Lord Weymouth's close borough of Weobley, which Lord Thurlow obtained for him without solicitation.

Although he lost some property at the Restoration, he was allowed after some solicitation to keep the estate he had bought in Ireland.

Another period of want followed, and it was only by persistent solicitation that Heyne was able to obtain the post of under-clerk in the count's library, with a salary of somewhat less than twenty pounds sterling.

In 1824, on a solicitation from Mustafa Khan, who had got temporary hold of Herat, more troops were despatched thither, but, by the use of money or bribes, their departure was purchased.

At the close of 1614, however, the king sent for Donne to Theobald's, and "descended to a persuasion, almost to a solicitation of him, to enter into sacred orders," but Donne asked for a few days to consider.

A foe to tyranny in every shape, he was decidedly hostile to the policy of Bonaparte, and constantly rejected every solicitation to accept a place under his government.

But amidst the confusion Hale steered a middle course, rising in reputation, and an object of solicitation from both parties.

In November 1777 he was appointed volunteer aide-de-camp to William Alexander (" Lord Stirling "), with the rank of major, and thereby lost his rank in the Continental line; but in the following year, at Washington's solicitation, he received a commission as lieutenant-colonel in a new regiment to be raised in Virginia.

In 1909 the advertisement of liquors, solicitation of orders for liquors, and the sale of cigarettes to minors were prohibited.

Beware of toys being advertised through e-mail, direct mail or telephone solicitation.

Four percent of children received aggressive solicitation from adults who attempted to meet the children in person, compared to 3 percent in 2000.

Other campaigns are done through a direct mail solicitation while others may be done in personal letters.

Have the key figures in the organization involved in the campaign and solicitation.

Provide opt-out information for customers to access at any time, to any solicitation.

What you had hoped would be a quick fix might turn into repeated solicitation calls and emails as these agents try to gain your business.