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pollicitation

[ puh-lis-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

Civil Law.
  1. an offer or promise not yet accepted by the person to whom it was made.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pollicitation1

1520–30; < Latin DZپō- (stem of DZپō ) a promising, equivalent to DZ ( us ) (past participle of DZī to promise, frequentative of DZŧī to promise, literally, bid for, equivalent to pol- (assimilated variant of por- forth, forward, akin to per- ) + ŧī to bid) + -ō- -ion
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Example Sentences

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Pollicitation, po-lis-i-tā′shun, n. a promise, a paper containing such: a promise without mutuality.

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