"solicitation" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status (synset 107202433)
"a solicitation to the king for relief"

is a type of: appeal, entreaty, prayer - earnest or urgent request
subtypes:
- beggary, begging, mendicancy - a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
- touch - the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
- importunity, urgency, urging - insistent solicitation and entreaty
Request for a sum of money (synset 106525755)
"an appeal to raise money for starving children"

is a type of: petition, postulation, request - a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

subtypes: whip-round - (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose

same as: appeal, collection, ingathering
The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) (synset 100161864)
is a type of: enticement, temptation - the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire

same as: allurement