pollicitation
[ puh-lis-i-tey-shuh n ]
/ pəˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən /
noun Civil Law.
an offer or promise not yet accepted by the person to whom it was made.
Origin of pollicitation
1520–30; < Latin
pollicitātiōn- (stem of
pollicitātiō) a promising, equivalent to
pollicitāt(us) (past participle of
pollicitārī to promise, frequentative of
pollicērī to promise, literally, bid for, equivalent to
pol- (assimilated variant of
por- forth, forward, akin to
per-) +
licērī to bid) +
-iōn-
-ion
Words nearby pollicitation
pollenosis,
pollera,
pollero,
pollex,
pollice verso,
pollicitation,
pollicization,
pollinate,
pollination,
polling,
polling booth