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.

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