solicitation
Seeking something out
Solicitation is the act of asking for something—usually money, business, or support.
Signs reading No Solicitation prohibit salespeople and fundraisers.
In law, solicitation often refers to offering or requesting sex for payment, or to encouraging someone to commit a crime: charged with solicitation of murder.
The verb is solicit.
Formal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
- pleaFormal request or defense
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- inquiryRequest for information
application · supplication · requisition · canvassing · call · summons · query · approach
Urge toward the unwise
- lureThing that tempts
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- inducementMotivating factor or offer
persuasion · coaxing · come-on · invitation · provocation · attraction · bait · appeal
Rank increase or publicity
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- pitchFrequency of sound
- brochurePrinted promotional material
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
direct mail · spam · junk mail · telemarketing · canvassing · leafleting · handbill · mailer
Gifts to organizations
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- pledgeBinding promise given
- benefactorOne who gives aid
nonprofit · endowment · giving · contributions · fundraiser · telethon · grant · bequest
Proposal to provide
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- bidOffer to purchase
- tenderSoft or sore
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
approach · advance · submission · invitation · suggestion · recommendation · motion · pitch
Commercial sexual services
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- panderingAppealing to lowest impulses
- pimpingProfiting from prostitutes
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
extortion · procurement · trafficking · streetwalking · vice · illegal · misdemeanor · felony
petition
Formal written appeal
inquiry · application · supplication · requisition · canvassing · call · summons · query · approach · overture
temptation
Urge toward the unwise
inducement · persuasion · coaxing · come-on · invitation · provocation · attraction · bait · appeal · charm
promotion
Rank increase or publicity
flyer · direct mail · spam · junk mail · telemarketing · canvassing · leafleting · handbill · mailer · cold call
donations
Gifts to organizations
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- pledgeBinding promise given
benefactor · nonprofit · endowment · giving · contributions · fundraiser · telethon · grant · bequest · tithe
offer
Proposal to provide
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- bidOffer to purchase
- tenderSoft or sore
overture · approach · advance · submission · invitation · suggestion · recommendation · motion · pitch · submission
prostitution
Commercial sexual services
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- panderingAppealing to lowest impulses
- pimpingProfiting from prostitutes
corruption · extortion · procurement · trafficking · streetwalking · vice · illegal · misdemeanor · felony · criminal
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- door-to-door salescanvassing, door knocking, direct sales, direct selling, peddling
- fundraisingdonation, donations, donor, donors, fundraiser
- phone callsphone number, robocall, cell number, cold call, mobile number
- askingquestion, inquiry, request, query, demand
- pleasplea, pleas, please, prayers, entreaty