solicit for



solicit for someone or something

to seek money or other contributions for someone or something, such as a charitable cause. I am soliciting for crippled children. Would you care to contribute? Are you soliciting for a local cause?

solicit someone for something

to attempt to persuade someone to give something, such as money, for a specific purpose. The school band solicited the owners of the business for a contribution. Fred solicited everyone in his department for at least a dollar.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AleksiAH-lek-seeFinnish
Ananta-Hinduism
Haggith-Biblical
Else[els]
Olufunmilayoo-loo-foo-mee-LIE-oWestern African, Yoruba
Rifka-Yiddish