To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor
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 No tuition was charged by the school, which solicited contributions from the society's members
For purposes of soft money rules, solicit means to ask that another person make a contribution, donation, transfer of funds, or otherwise provide anything of value, whether the contribution, donation, transfer of funds, or thing of value, is to be made or provided directly, or through a conduit or intermediary Merely providing information or guidance as to the requirement of a particular law does not constitute a solicitation 11 CFR 300 2(m)
To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms
make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit" incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
{f} try and obtain something through persuasion or earnest requests; attempt to convince someone to give or do something; try to influence another to commit an illegal act; offer sex in exchange for money
When prostitutes solicit, they offer to have sex with people in return for money. Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places. + soliciting so·lic·it·ing Girls could get very heavy sentences for soliciting -- nine months or more
make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit"
approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities