n. the crime of encouraging or inducing another to commit a crime...

late 15c., "management," from Middle French solicitation and directly from Latin solicitationem (nominative solicitatio) "vexation, disturbance, instigation," noun of action from p [..]

The process used to communicate procurement requirements and to request responses from interested vendors. A solicitation may be, but is not limited to a request for bid and request for proposal.

An invitation to prospective bidders to respond to a request for proposal, or quotation. [D03692]

1) The crime of encouraging or inducing another to commit a crime. 2) The crime of paying or requesting money in exchange for sex; prostitution. 3) The act of requesting something from others, such as [..]

an act or practice or an instance of soliciting [ of a proxy for a shareholder vote] ;specif : the crime of soliciting someone to commit a crime (as murder)

In civil law, solicitation means any request or appeal, either oral or written, or any endeavor to obtain, seek or plead for funds, property, financial assistance or other thing of value, including th [..]

(n) an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status(n) request for a sum of money(n) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)

The formal document used in negotiating acquisitions to communicate government requirements to prospective contractors and to solicit proposals.

Female initiation of sexual interaction. A female rat in behavioral estrus

  Asking, urging or enticing.

  the crime of encouraging or inducing another to commit a crime or join in the commission of a crime. Solicitation may refer to a prostitute's (or her pimp's) offer of sexual acts for pay.

Solicitation is a crime characterized by counseling, advising, urging, inciting, and persuading another person to commit a crime with the specific intent that the solicited person actually carry out the crime.  The crime of solicitation is “over with the asking” which means that committing the solicitation is the crime, irrespective of its conseque [..]

Asking, urging or enticing.

A crime in which an individual offers to buy or sell illegal goods or services. The most common form of solicitation is prostitution.

This is the term used by the U.S. Government to refer to the assorted means by which offers or proposals are sought for government requirements and programs. Requests for Proposals (RFPs) Invitations [..]

the action or instance ofoffense that consists of a person offering money or inducing another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime

The act of selling or seeking sex for money. Synonyms: yard sale.

invitation; incitement.