| request | | |
| petition, postulation, request | (n.) | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| asking, request | (n.) | the verbal act of requesting. |
| bespeak, call for, quest, request | (v.) | express the need or desire for; ask for.; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" |
| request | (v.) | ask (a person) to do something.; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" |
| request | (v.) | inquire for (information).; "I requested information from the secretary" |
| plea | | |
| plea, supplication | (n.) | a humble request for help from someone in authority. |
| plea | (n.) | (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer). |
| plea | (n.) | an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed. |
| petition | | |
| orison, petition, prayer | (n.) | reverent petition to a deity. |
| petition | (v.) | write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing. |
| appeal | | |
| appeal, entreaty, prayer | (n.) | earnest or urgent request.; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm" |
| appeal, appealingness, charm | (n.) | attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates.; "his smile was part of his appeal to her" |
| appeal | (n.) | (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial.; "their appeal was denied in the superior court" |
| appeal, collection, ingathering, solicitation | (n.) | request for a sum of money.; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" |
| appeal | (v.) | take a court case to a higher court for review.; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately" |
| appeal, invoke | (v.) | request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" |
| appeal, attract | (v.) | be attractive to.; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" |
| appeal | (v.) | challenge (a decision).; "She appealed the verdict" |
| appeal, invoke | (v.) | cite as an authority; resort to.; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" |
| bargain | | |
| bargain, deal | (n.) | an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each.; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" |
| bargain, buy, steal | (n.) | an advantageous purchase.; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" |
| bargain, dicker | (v.) | negotiate the terms of an exchange.; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" |
| bargain | (v.) | come to terms; arrive at an agreement. |
| dicker | | |
| bid | | |
| bid, bidding, command, dictation | (n.) | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. |
| bid, play | (n.) | an attempt to get something.; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" |
| bid, tender | (n.) | a formal proposal to buy at a specified price. |
| bid, bidding | (n.) | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. |
| bid, offer, tender | (v.) | propose a payment.; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" |
| bid, wish | (v.) | invoke upon.; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" |
| adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press | (v.) | ask for or request earnestly.; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" |
| bid, call | (v.) | make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands.; "He called his trump" |
| bid | (v.) | make a serious effort to attain something.; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population" |
| bid, invite | (v.) | ask someone in a friendly way to do something. |
| haggle | | |
| haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling | (n.) | an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining). |
| chaffer, haggle, higgle, huckster | (v.) | wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).; "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" |
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