noun (n)

• an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status(noun.communication)

  Example:
  A solicitation to the king for relief.
  

  source: wordnet30
• request for a sum of money(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  appeal, collection, ingathering
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  allurement
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.(noun)

  source: webster1913