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# solicitation

noun (a solicitation, solicitations; also uncountable)

«solicitation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A solicitation is a request asking someone for money, help, business or support (formal). [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#m3)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x1)
- The sign on the gate says «No solicitation». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x2)
- The school refused solicitations from companies selling sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x3)
- He ignored the solicitation in his email. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x4)
- Solicitation of votes inside the polling station is not allowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/#x5)
- In law, solicitation means urging someone to commit a crime. [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «solicitation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solicitation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«solicitation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/solicitation.html) on Mova free.