solicits
Asks people for
Solicits is the third-person singular of solicit, meaning to seek or request something from someone.
A person solicits donations, feedback, or business: The organization solicits contributions from local companies.
In legal contexts, to solicit often means to offer sexual services for money, or to encourage someone to commit a crime: He was arrested for soliciting.
Formal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
- briefShort in duration
- motionChange in position
- affidavitSworn written statement
subpoena · summons · injunction · writ · complaint · grievance · redress · certiorari
Asks earnestly, pleadingly
- imploresBegs earnestly
- beseechesUrgently implores another
- urgesStrong inner drives
- requestsFormal expressions of want
asks · appeals · petitions · canvasses · importunes · begs · pleads · seeks
Draws toward desire
- luresAttracts or fishing decoys
- seducesTempts into intimacy
- alluresStrongly attracts or tempts
- attractsDraws toward itself
coaxes · baits · charms · inveigles · woos · beguiles · draws · hooks
Gifts to organizations
- contributionsThings given to help
- pledgesFormal promises given
- sponsorshipsPaid support agreements
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
patrons · donors · benefactors · charity · philanthropy · crowdfunding · canvassing · telethon
petition
Formal written appeal
affidavit · subpoena · summons · injunction · writ · complaint · grievance · redress · certiorari · mandamus
entreats
Asks earnestly, pleadingly
requests · asks · appeals · petitions · canvasses · importunes · begs · pleads · seeks · approaches
tempts
Draws toward desire
attracts · coaxes · baits · charms · inveigles · woos · beguiles · draws · hooks · propositions
donations
Gifts to organizations
- contributionsThings given to help
- pledgesFormal promises given
- sponsorshipsPaid support agreements
grants · patrons · donors · benefactors · charity · philanthropy · crowdfunding · canvassing · telethon · appeal
bids
Price offers made
- proposalsFormal offers or plans
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- quotesRepeated words, verbatim
tenders · vendors · clients · prospects · leads · pitches · RFP · procurement · offers · suppliers
- no solicitingSign refusing salespeople
- solicitor generalGovernment's chief appellate lawyer
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