appeal, entreaty, prayer - earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

beggary, begging, mendicancy - a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

touch - the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"

importunity, urging, urgency - insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

petition, request, postulation - a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

whip-round - solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose

enticement, temptation - the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"