Pollicitation
[pə-lis-ə-TAY-shən]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Late Middle English, unknown
1.
The action of promising; a promise; a document conveying a promise.
2.
(Also civil law) A promise not yet formally accepted, and therefore in certain cases revocable.
Examples of Pollicitation in a sentence
"They formalized the agreement by signing a pollicitation."
"Their contract hinged on a pollicitation."
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