The meaning of SOLICIT is to approach (someone) with a request or plea. How to use solicit in a sentence.

SOLICITING definition: the act of requesting something, especially money. See examples of soliciting used in a sentence.

The center is soliciting donations to help victims of the earthquake. The company is soliciting bids from various firms. The organization is soliciting new memberships/subscriptions. The newspaper's editors …

Definition of solicit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

SOLICIT definition: 1. to ask someone for money, information, or help: 2. to offer sex for money, usually in a public…. Learn more.

To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application: a candidate who solicited votes...

If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it. He's already solicited their support on health care reform. [VERB noun] No tuition was charged by the school, …

Solicit means to ask for. It is what those people on the street are doing, when they ask, "Do you have a moment to talk about the destruction of the planet?" They are soliciting donations for their cause.

to offer to have sex with (someone) for money: [no object] The prostitute was arrested for soliciting. [~ + object] to solicit the men outside the bar. so•lic•i•ta•tion /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/ n. [uncountable] arrested for …

• Sneed, who works nights, spent the days soliciting business for the magazine. • Certain federal employees are forbidden to solicit campaign funds. • Now producers sit around, make up a topic and …