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See also:Prostitution

English

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Etymology

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FromLate Latinprostitutio.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌprɒstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃn/,/prɒstɪˈtjuːʃn/
  • Audio(US):(file)
  • Hyphenation:pros‧ti‧tu‧tion

Noun

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prostitution (usuallyuncountable,pluralprostitutions)

  1. Engaging insexual activity with anotherperson forpay.
    His addiction brought him to the point thatprostitution was the only means he had to survive.
    • 1838,[Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter II, inDuty and Inclination: [], volume III, London:Henry Colburn, [],→OCLC,page21:
      Sir Howard by his arts stole from them this their only treasure, and to conceal from them the baseness of his despicable seduction, removed to a distance the deluded couple,—loaded them with his favours,—the wages of their child'sprostitution.
    • 2013 July 29, David Ingram (reporting for Reuters), Howard Goller, Bill Trott (editing for Reuters), “FBI arrests 150 in three days in sex-trafficking sweep”, innews.yahoo.com[1], retrieved2013-07-29:
      The FBI typically does not investigate adultprostitution, leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made childprostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.
  2. (by extension)Engaging insexual activity with anotherperson inexchange forgoods (not necessarily money) orservices.
  3. (by extension)Debasement for profit orimpure motives.
    The television advertising job was aprostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.

Usage notes

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  • The legal definition of prostitution varies, with some jurisdictions defining it as any exchange of sex for any goods or services of real or perceived value, while others limit it to transactions involving actual monetary payment.

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Translations

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having sex for profit

Danish

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Noun

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prostitution c (singular definiteprostitutionen,not used in plural form)

  1. prostitution

Declension

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Declension ofprostitution
common
gender
singular
indefinitedefinite
nominativeprostitutionprostitutionen
genitiveprostitutionsprostitutionens

Further reading

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French

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FrenchWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromLatinprōstitūtiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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prostitution f (pluralprostitutions)

  1. prostitution

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Swedish

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Noun

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prostitution c

  1. prostitution (selling sex)
    Synonym:sexarbete
  2. (figuratively)prostitution

Declension

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Declension ofprostitution
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteprostitutionprostitutions
definiteprostitutionenprostitutionens
pluralindefinite
definite

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