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pollicitation
[ puh-lis-i-tey-shuhn ]
noun
, Civil Law.
- 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 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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