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- [puh-lis-i-tey-shuh n]
- /pəˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puh-lis-i-tey-shuh n]
- /pəˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən/
Definitions of pollicitation word
- noun pollicitation an offer or promise not yet accepted by the person to whom it was made. 1
- noun pollicitation a promise or the act of promising 0
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Origin of pollicitation
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Pollicitation
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pollicitation popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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