askingn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːskɪŋ/,

/ˈaskɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈæskɪŋ/

Forms: see ask v. and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English ascing, Middle English ascinge, Middle English ascingue.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ask v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < ask v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare ask n.¹

1. The action of putting a question or requesting information; interrogation, enquiry.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun]

askingeOE

speeringa1100

frayninga1300

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inquiringc1386

inquirance1412

inquirea1500

inquiry1565

sciscitation1618

questioninga1635

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eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxix. 519 Hit is þeaw þære spræce & þære ascungæ þætte symle þonne ðær an tweo of adon bið, þonne bið þær unrim astyred.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xii. 279 Þa ða Crist axode Philippum & he his afandode.., þa getacnode he mid þære acsunge þæs folces nytennysse.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 38 Steu þe & stille beo..of þin easkunge [c1225 Royal escunge].

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 251 For þe askunge [a1250 Nero axunge] mei vuel fallen.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 595 His asking is euer newe In trauail and in pes.

a1402 J. Trevisa tr. Dialogus Militem et Clericum (Harl.) 10 (MED) Wiþout eny axing why & for what cause, anoon he most be obedient.

1546 Wycklyffes Wycket sig. B.i The puttynge awaye of fylthynes of the fleshe, and the axynge of good conscience. [Cf. 1 Pet. iii. 21 (revised) interrogation.]

1581 P. Wiburn Checke or Reproofe M. Howlets Shreeching f. 134 Let your proofe bee an asking of the principle, which is Sophistrie, and no good Logique.

1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing sig. B1^v For what the higher powers of heau'n decree, There is no asking, why it should so bee.

1695 E. Fowler 2nd Def. Propositions Doctr. Holy Trinity 28 This Question, sure, he asked for askings sake.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxix. 207 Ah, madam!—And can't it be so? I am afraid of asking.

1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xx. 207 Now, I know what to do. That's the advantage of asking.

1857 New Jerusalem Mag. Sept. 150 Intuition of what is best for us, accompanied with quietness in bearing all that we must bear, is the effect of asking, or communicating with our heavenly Father.

1932 J. González in J. F. Dobie Tone Bell Easy 103 He seemed to ask these questions for the sake of asking, not waiting for reply to any one of them.

1971 Nature 12 Feb. 505/3 If there is to be a study of the Cambridge mind, it will have to be based on the asking of questions, not on the talents of three anthologizers.

2000 M. Gelven Asking Myst. vi. 80 All authentic asking entails some sense of answering, but isolating the specific answer—achieving knowledge—depends on this asking, and is not necessary in order for the asking to be legitimate.

2. An instance of putting a question or requesting information; a question, an enquiry.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of

askOE

askingOE

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interrogationc1405

inquisitionc1440

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A1591

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Q1902

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) ii. xvi. 137 Ac me, þas word sprekendum, is eft oðer axung on mod becumen.

OE Ælfric Interrogationes Sigewulfi in Genesin (Corpus Cambr. 162) Introd., in Anglia (1884) 7 2 Þa cwæð Albinus him to andsware, þæt he wolde his axunga ealle gegaderian, & him andsware sendan mid heora swutelungean.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 702 (MED) Þe oþer doȝter he esste þo þulke sulue askinge.

a1400 (c1300) Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in J. Small Eng. Metrical Homilies (1862) 35 Quen Crist thair asking herd, Ful mildely he thaim ansuerd.

c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 56 Oure lady..answereth saddely and schortly to her askynges.

a1671 J. Worthington Charitas evangelica (1691) 39 Courteous Compellations and Friendly askings of their health and wellfare.

1773 K. O'Hara Golden Pippin i. 14 The Queen is ill, Takes Jame's Powder, and Ward's Pill. Not at home, Eccho'd they to all her Askings.

1835 W. G. Simms Partisan I. xvi. 202 They suspect you now, I know from the askings of that fellow Humphries; and him too, the other—what's his name ?—he, too, asked closely after you.

1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations v. 99 Let us for ourselves take care that we view aright these askings after the true and what they mean.

1957 G. Ryle in C. A. Mace Brit. Philos. in Mid-cent. 249 It is a distinguishable common locus of a range of possible tellings, askings, advisings, etc.

2014 M. Lusions We are of Eternal Love vii. 180 There seems [sic] to be so many questions that go unanswered in our askings of them.

a. The action of requesting to be given something, as a favour, gift, permission, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > requesting or demanding

askinga1200

bidding?c1225

frayninga1300

requestc1405

postulationa1425

demanding1530

demand1604

flagitation1658

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 Þat is liðer custume þat man leueð get, and þat is after clepenge and ascinge..and fele swilche deueles craftes.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 198 He deþ bet þet yefþ wyþoute aksinge.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 2288 (MED) He graunted at hir askyng Þat..Þai suld na power haf hir to dere.

1534 C. St. German Addicions of Salem & Byzance f. 10^v Hit myght happe that yf he asked it twyse, that some poore man wolde saye, that he was very hasty in the askynge, hauynge no nede to it.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 163 To reuenge him..For not bestowing on him at his asking, The Archbishopricke of Toledo.

1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 119 How can God, though of his own nature never so liberally disposed, give to him who has liberty of asking, and yet does not?

1743 W. Leechman Nature, Reasonableness & Advantages Prayer 17 The efficacy of prayer does not ly in the mere asking.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 285 It should cost Sir George but the asking a pair of colours for one of them at the War-office, since we have always supported government.

1930 Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 21/1 McRosty..was last year's ‘discovery’, obtaining his Blue at the first time of asking.

1979 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 22 May 7/5 Send us another $10,000. Last time of asking.

2012 Church Times 29 June 34/4 Shohet contributes an interesting account of particular approaches that involve an awareness of countertransference and the asking of forgiveness.

b. for the asking: merely on request, freely.

ΚΠ

1549 J. Ponet Def. Mariage Priestes sig. Evii Ye shal haue the gift of sole life for the askynge, yf it be the will of God to gyue it you.

1586 Praise of Musicke i. 18 He fell in loue with Sirinxe a nimph of Arcadie, who would neither giue her head as they say for the washing, nor her virginitie for the asking.

1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas III. vii. xiv. 95 I will shew you to a place where,..you may have what you will for the asking.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 119 A lass that may be had for the asking.

1865 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 7/3 Faro and brown beer flowed almost for the asking.

1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby iv. 66 Up-country the sundowner, or bona fide worker in search for a job, will find ‘tucker’ for the asking at any farm or station.

1995 Denver Post 23 Apr. t1/1 Equally rewarding are backpacking trips in the Rockies, where ‘see-forever’ views are yours for the asking.

4. An instance of requesting to be given something; a request, a petition; (in early use also, in stronger sense) a demand.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal

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beseeching1340

invocationc1384

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conjuringa1400

pealc1400

conjurationc1450

adjuration?1473

remonstrance?1473

interpellation1526

contestation1548

address1570

vocation1574

imprecation1585

appellation1587

supplantation1590

advocation1598

application1607

invoking1611

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conjurement1643

bespeaking1661

vocative1747

incalling1850

appeal1859

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appealingness1876

rogative1882

cri de cœur1897

c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) l. 650 (MED) Better were to graunt hir asking Þan his liif for to spille.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 289 (MED) ‘Graunte..þe batayl to me’... Alle..wondrede þo of is bold askyng.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3301 Þine asking Es noght bot a litell thing.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Baruch ii. 14 Lord, here thou oure axyngis, and oure preyeris.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 42 (MED) Þe wilke booke Aristotel..made at þe askynge of kynge Alexander... He durste nought..aȝeyn say þe wyl and þe askynge of swylke a lord.

1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. liv. sig. ccii^v Prayer is an askynge with fayth of some thyng of god, with an effection of hert.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus sig. Dd2/1 Consultationes, Askynges of counsayle.

1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch i. i. sig. B At last I began to be yeelding Vnto a Loues conquest: and these armes made me be yeelding, Long patience,..teares, importunat askings.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vii. 65 Yet dare I neuer Deny your asking .

1661 R. L'Estrange Relaps'd Apostate xvi. 45 Those Learned, Moderate Bishops..whose Pens are to bear witness against These now in Being, and Authority, if they refuse their Askings.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables 49 As if all our Askings, and our Grantings were to be Governed by the Standard of the Market.

1717 J. Keith & S. Danforth Bridgwater's Monitor 25 Let your Enquiries and Askings of the Lord be for Spiritual Blessings.

1775 R. Traill Wks. II. 51 Imitate our Lord Jesus Christ in your praying for yourselves. Imitate him..in all your askings.

1860 Ld. Tennyson Tithonus in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 175 Then didst thou grant mine asking with a smile.

1868 Freewill Baptist Q. July 300 If those askings were not prayers, then nothing is said in this passage about praying to Christ.

1880 R. Browning Pietro in Dramatic Idyls 233 Lodging, bite and sup, with—now and then—a copper..is all my asking.

1913 A. Bennett Paris Nights 135 They know their business... No hesitations, no timidities, no askings for indulgence because really I have only paid two lire!

1941 D. Thomas Let. 8 Jan. (1987) 473 There were one or two things, askings for anthologies, from America.

2007 L. Dewan Wisdom, Law, & Virtue xxiii. 367 What specifies the asking called ‘prayer’ is that it is an asking for something from God.

†5. An appeal; a calling for justice, or to the law. Cf. asker n.¹ 2(a). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal > appeal for justice

asking1483

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxi. 42 Wrdis of repref sey thou not to hym; and bere thou not hym doun in aȝee asking [L. in repentendo].

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deeds xxviii. 18 Whan thei hadden axinge of me, [Romans] wolden dismytte me, for that no cause of deeth was in me.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) i. viii. f. v^v In euery ryghtwys court..admytted to maken his compleynt and purpoos his askynge.

†6. An instance of oppression, an exaction. Cf. ask v. 16, asker n.¹ 2(b). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun]

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pollage?1542

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wringing1730

over-pull1867

Rachmanism1963

Rachmanship1963

c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 140 He..dede grete destruccioun to holy cherche þrouȝ wrongeful takynges and askyngus.

7. The publication of banns of marriage; (in plural, colloquial ) the banns themselves. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > official announcements, permission, or records > [noun] > banns or proclamation of

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c1431 Confession H. Moone in N. P. Tanner Heresy Trials Norwich (1977) xxviii. 141 Also that oonly consent of love betuxe man and woman, withoute contract of wordis and withoute solennizacion in Churche and withoute symbred askyng, is sufficient for the sacrament of matrymoyn.

1548 Act 2 & 3 Edward VI c. 21 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 67 That this Acte or any thinge therin conteyned shall not extende to give any libertye to any person to marry without askinge in the Churche, or without any ceremonye being appoynted.

1581 T. Wilcox tr. B. de Loque Treatie Churche xv. 260 The askings or publishing of the banes of marriage, shoulde bee as it were proclaimed or declared three seuerall Sundaies.

1741 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 4) at Banns The publication of banns (popularly called asking in the church).

1787 R. P. Jodrell Who's Afraid? 17 Unless he come to forbid the banns, for 'tis the last time of asking.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxxviii. 108 At the third asking of the banns, He started.

1865 B. Brierley Irkdale II. 187 The ‘askings’ had been called over three consecutive Sundays.

1890 H. Caine Bondman i. v The clerk and sexton read out the askings for the marriage.

1988 J. R. Gillis in C. Z. Stearns & P. N. Stearns Emotion & Social Change iv. 100 The banns were called ‘askings’ and in seventeenth-century Yorkshire they were the occasion of noisy public demonstration of communal feelings.

2013 D. Swift Shakespeare's Common Prayers i. 63 On 28 November 1582 his marriage bond was issued at Worcester. This permitted him to marry after only one asking of the banns, instead of the regulation three.

8. A thing requested or demanded; a price asked for.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > asking or selling price

asking1589

sale price?1714

asking price1755

selling price1815

ask price1874

offer price1925

ask1981

1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 101 The Captaine departed, and caused all the rest of the boates to depart, thinking belike that we would haue followed them, and haue giuen them their owne askings.

1613 T. Adams White Deuil 58 He makes his owne price, for they gaue him his asking.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 103 Naboth shall have his own asking.

1897 Christianity in Earnest, for Church Extension & Saloon Suppression Mar. 52 The collections fall far below the asking.

a1949 P. Marshall in C. Marshall Man called Peter (1951) xiv. 179 We thank Thee for askings that have been received, for prayers that have been answered.

1999 T. Lott White City Blue (2000) 14 I think you should pitch an offer... Not too low under the asking, maybe a few K short.

Compounds

asking price n. the price asked for or set by a seller.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > asking or selling price

asking1589

sale price?1714

asking price1755

selling price1815

ask price1874

offer price1925

ask1981

1755 C. Charke Narr. Life 151 I flew..to all the Brokers in Town, to buy my Houshold Furniture, gave the asking Price for every thing I bought.

1852 Harper's Mag. Sept. 534/1 The merchants..have two prices—an ‘asking price’ and a ‘taking price’.

1924 Times Trade & Engin. Suppl. 29 Nov. 242/4 This is higher than recent f.o.b. sales for this autumn's delivery, but about £2 a standard lower than the ‘asking’ prices at the commencement.

1973 V. Teresa & T. C. Renner My Life in Mafia x. 101 The asking price was fifty-five grand... We chiseled the owner down to forty-three grand and we got a mortgage.

2008 Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 6/5 This can cause misery for house sellers, most of whom have already had to accept less than the asking price.

asking rate n. the rate asked for, set, or required, especially by a seller; (Cricket) the number of runs the batting side needs to score per over in order to reach the target they have been set and win the match.

ΚΠ

1825 Louisville (Kentucky) Public Advertiser 28 May Holders appear firm, at our present asking rates, and some anticipate more.

1844 Economist 14 Dec. 1533/1 On board there is little or no business, the trade generally not being disposed to purchase at asking rates.

1930 Economist 10 May 1051/1 The asking rate on 90-day bankers' bills has been cut to 2⁷/ ₈ per cent.

1969 Guardian 28 Apr. 17/4 Wilson..maintained the asking rate of five runs an over.

2012 J. Grzinic Machine Guns & Cricket Bats iv. 41 The Spanish batsmen..somehow managed to reach the seven runs an over asking rate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	asking
释义	askingn. Brit. /ˈɑːskɪŋ/, /ˈaskɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæskɪŋ/ Forms: see ask v. and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English ascing, Middle English ascinge, Middle English ascingue. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ask v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < ask v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare ask n.¹ 1. The action of putting a question or requesting information; interrogation, enquiry. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] askingeOE speeringa1100 frayninga1300 questionc1384 inquiringc1386 inquirance1412 inquirea1500 inquiry1565 sciscitation1618 questioninga1635 enquestiona1641 querying1652 popping1710 inquiration1789 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxix. 519 Hit is þeaw þære spræce & þære ascungæ þætte symle þonne ðær an tweo of adon bið, þonne bið þær unrim astyred. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xii. 279 Þa ða Crist axode Philippum & he his afandode.., þa getacnode he mid þære acsunge þæs folces nytennysse. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 38 Steu þe & stille beo..of þin easkunge [c1225 Royal escunge]. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 251 For þe askunge [a1250 Nero axunge] mei vuel fallen. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 595 His asking is euer newe In trauail and in pes. a1402 J. Trevisa tr. Dialogus Militem et Clericum (Harl.) 10 (MED) Wiþout eny axing why & for what cause, anoon he most be obedient. 1546 Wycklyffes Wycket sig. B.i The puttynge awaye of fylthynes of the fleshe, and the axynge of good conscience. [Cf. 1 Pet. iii. 21 (revised) interrogation.] 1581 P. Wiburn Checke or Reproofe M. Howlets Shreeching f. 134 Let your proofe bee an asking of the principle, which is Sophistrie, and no good Logique. 1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing sig. B1^v For what the higher powers of heau'n decree, There is no asking, why it should so bee. 1695 E. Fowler 2nd Def. Propositions Doctr. Holy Trinity 28 This Question, sure, he asked for askings sake. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxix. 207 Ah, madam!—And can't it be so? I am afraid of asking. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xx. 207 Now, I know what to do. That's the advantage of asking. 1857 New Jerusalem Mag. Sept. 150 Intuition of what is best for us, accompanied with quietness in bearing all that we must bear, is the effect of asking, or communicating with our heavenly Father. 1932 J. González in J. F. Dobie Tone Bell Easy 103 He seemed to ask these questions for the sake of asking, not waiting for reply to any one of them. 1971 Nature 12 Feb. 505/3 If there is to be a study of the Cambridge mind, it will have to be based on the asking of questions, not on the talents of three anthologizers. 2000 M. Gelven Asking Myst. vi. 80 All authentic asking entails some sense of answering, but isolating the specific answer—achieving knowledge—depends on this asking, and is not necessary in order for the asking to be legitimate. 2. An instance of putting a question or requesting information; a question, an enquiry. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > act or instance of askOE askingOE questionc1350 demandc1386 inquestc1400 interrogationc1405 inquisitionc1440 questioninga1450 inquirea1500 manda1500 terogatores1511 interrogatory1533 inquiry1548 interrogator1561 interrogativea1586 quaere1589 intergatory1590 A1591 Q1591 query1610 interrogate1633 starter1673 querical1699 speer1788 qy.1819 Q1902 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Hatton) (1900) ii. xvi. 137 Ac me, þas word sprekendum, is eft oðer axung on mod becumen. OE Ælfric Interrogationes Sigewulfi in Genesin (Corpus Cambr. 162) Introd., in Anglia (1884) 7 2 Þa cwæð Albinus him to andsware, þæt he wolde his axunga ealle gegaderian, & him andsware sendan mid heora swutelungean. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 702 (MED) Þe oþer doȝter he esste þo þulke sulue askinge. a1400 (c1300) Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in J. Small Eng. Metrical Homilies (1862) 35 Quen Crist thair asking herd, Ful mildely he thaim ansuerd. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 56 Oure lady..answereth saddely and schortly to her askynges. a1671 J. Worthington Charitas evangelica (1691) 39 Courteous Compellations and Friendly askings of their health and wellfare. 1773 K. O'Hara Golden Pippin i. 14 The Queen is ill, Takes Jame's Powder, and Ward's Pill. Not at home, Eccho'd they to all her Askings. 1835 W. G. Simms Partisan I. xvi. 202 They suspect you now, I know from the askings of that fellow Humphries; and him too, the other—what's his name ?—he, too, asked closely after you. 1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations v. 99 Let us for ourselves take care that we view aright these askings after the true and what they mean. 1957 G. Ryle in C. A. Mace Brit. Philos. in Mid-cent. 249 It is a distinguishable common locus of a range of possible tellings, askings, advisings, etc. 2014 M. Lusions We are of Eternal Love vii. 180 There seems [sic] to be so many questions that go unanswered in our askings of them. 3. a. The action of requesting to be given something, as a favour, gift, permission, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > requesting or demanding askinga1200 bidding?c1225 frayninga1300 requestc1405 postulationa1425 demanding1530 demand1604 flagitation1658 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 Þat is liðer custume þat man leueð get, and þat is after clepenge and ascinge..and fele swilche deueles craftes. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 198 He deþ bet þet yefþ wyþoute aksinge. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 2288 (MED) He graunted at hir askyng Þat..Þai suld na power haf hir to dere. 1534 C. St. German Addicions of Salem & Byzance f. 10^v Hit myght happe that yf he asked it twyse, that some poore man wolde saye, that he was very hasty in the askynge, hauynge no nede to it. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 163 To reuenge him..For not bestowing on him at his asking, The Archbishopricke of Toledo. View more context for this quotation 1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 119 How can God, though of his own nature never so liberally disposed, give to him who has liberty of asking, and yet does not? 1743 W. Leechman Nature, Reasonableness & Advantages Prayer 17 The efficacy of prayer does not ly in the mere asking. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 285 It should cost Sir George but the asking a pair of colours for one of them at the War-office, since we have always supported government. 1930 Daily Tel. 1 Dec. 21/1 McRosty..was last year's ‘discovery’, obtaining his Blue at the first time of asking. 1979 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 22 May 7/5 Send us another $10,000. Last time of asking. 2012 Church Times 29 June 34/4 Shohet contributes an interesting account of particular approaches that involve an awareness of countertransference and the asking of forgiveness. b. for the asking: merely on request, freely. ΚΠ 1549 J. Ponet Def. Mariage Priestes sig. Evii Ye shal haue the gift of sole life for the askynge, yf it be the will of God to gyue it you. 1586 Praise of Musicke i. 18 He fell in loue with Sirinxe a nimph of Arcadie, who would neither giue her head as they say for the washing, nor her virginitie for the asking. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas III. vii. xiv. 95 I will shew you to a place where,..you may have what you will for the asking. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 119 A lass that may be had for the asking. 1865 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 7/3 Faro and brown beer flowed almost for the asking. 1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby iv. 66 Up-country the sundowner, or bona fide worker in search for a job, will find ‘tucker’ for the asking at any farm or station. 1995 Denver Post 23 Apr. t1/1 Equally rewarding are backpacking trips in the Rockies, where ‘see-forever’ views are yours for the asking. 4. An instance of requesting to be given something; a request, a petition; (in early use also, in stronger sense) a demand. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal bodec1175 stevenc1200 crya1300 askingc1330 prayerc1330 beseeching1340 invocationc1384 billc1386 conjuringa1400 pealc1400 conjurationc1450 adjuration?1473 remonstrance?1473 interpellation1526 contestation1548 address1570 vocation1574 imprecation1585 appellation1587 supplantation1590 advocation1598 application1607 invoking1611 inclamation1613 conjurement1643 bespeaking1661 vocative1747 incalling1850 appeal1859 appealing1876 appealingness1876 rogative1882 cri de cœur1897 c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) l. 650 (MED) Better were to graunt hir asking Þan his liif for to spille. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 289 (MED) ‘Graunte..þe batayl to me’... Alle..wondrede þo of is bold askyng. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3301 Þine asking Es noght bot a litell thing. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Baruch ii. 14 Lord, here thou oure axyngis, and oure preyeris. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 42 (MED) Þe wilke booke Aristotel..made at þe askynge of kynge Alexander... He durste nought..aȝeyn say þe wyl and þe askynge of swylke a lord. 1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. liv. sig. ccii^v Prayer is an askynge with fayth of some thyng of god, with an effection of hert. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus sig. Dd2/1 Consultationes, Askynges of counsayle. 1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch i. i. sig. B At last I began to be yeelding Vnto a Loues conquest: and these armes made me be yeelding, Long patience,..teares, importunat askings. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vii. 65 Yet dare I neuer Deny your asking . View more context for this quotation 1661 R. L'Estrange Relaps'd Apostate xvi. 45 Those Learned, Moderate Bishops..whose Pens are to bear witness against These now in Being, and Authority, if they refuse their Askings. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables 49 As if all our Askings, and our Grantings were to be Governed by the Standard of the Market. 1717 J. Keith & S. Danforth Bridgwater's Monitor 25 Let your Enquiries and Askings of the Lord be for Spiritual Blessings. 1775 R. Traill Wks. II. 51 Imitate our Lord Jesus Christ in your praying for yourselves. Imitate him..in all your askings. 1860 Ld. Tennyson Tithonus in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 175 Then didst thou grant mine asking with a smile. 1868 Freewill Baptist Q. July 300 If those askings were not prayers, then nothing is said in this passage about praying to Christ. 1880 R. Browning Pietro in Dramatic Idyls 233 Lodging, bite and sup, with—now and then—a copper..is all my asking. 1913 A. Bennett Paris Nights 135 They know their business... No hesitations, no timidities, no askings for indulgence because really I have only paid two lire! 1941 D. Thomas Let. 8 Jan. (1987) 473 There were one or two things, askings for anthologies, from America. 2007 L. Dewan Wisdom, Law, & Virtue xxiii. 367 What specifies the asking called ‘prayer’ is that it is an asking for something from God. †5. An appeal; a calling for justice, or to the law. Cf. asker n.¹ 2(a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal > appeal for justice asking1483 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxi. 42 Wrdis of repref sey thou not to hym; and bere thou not hym doun in aȝee asking [L. in repentendo]. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deeds xxviii. 18 Whan thei hadden axinge of me, [Romans] wolden dismytte me, for that no cause of deeth was in me. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) i. viii. f. v^v In euery ryghtwys court..admytted to maken his compleynt and purpoos his askynge. †6. An instance of oppression, an exaction. Cf. ask v. 16, asker n.¹ 2(b). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] extortionc1340 askingc1400 extort power1492 exactiona1513 bribing1533 extort1541 pollage?1542 bloodsucking1548 scaffery1555 eviction1560 wringing1589 wresting1611 screwing1680 squeezing1681 extortinga1711 wringing1730 over-pull1867 Rachmanism1963 Rachmanship1963 c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 140 He..dede grete destruccioun to holy cherche þrouȝ wrongeful takynges and askyngus. 7. The publication of banns of marriage; (in plural, colloquial ) the banns themselves. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > official announcements, permission, or records > [noun] > banns or proclamation of criesc1315 askingc1431 banec1440 bannsc1440 sibred1440 spurrings1787 c1431 Confession H. Moone in N. P. Tanner Heresy Trials Norwich (1977) xxviii. 141 Also that oonly consent of love betuxe man and woman, withoute contract of wordis and withoute solennizacion in Churche and withoute symbred askyng, is sufficient for the sacrament of matrymoyn. 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edward VI c. 21 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 67 That this Acte or any thinge therin conteyned shall not extende to give any libertye to any person to marry without askinge in the Churche, or without any ceremonye being appoynted. 1581 T. Wilcox tr. B. de Loque Treatie Churche xv. 260 The askings or publishing of the banes of marriage, shoulde bee as it were proclaimed or declared three seuerall Sundaies. 1741 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 4) at Banns The publication of banns (popularly called asking in the church). 1787 R. P. Jodrell Who's Afraid? 17 Unless he come to forbid the banns, for 'tis the last time of asking. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxxviii. 108 At the third asking of the banns, He started. 1865 B. Brierley Irkdale II. 187 The ‘askings’ had been called over three consecutive Sundays. 1890 H. Caine Bondman i. v The clerk and sexton read out the askings for the marriage. 1988 J. R. Gillis in C. Z. Stearns & P. N. Stearns Emotion & Social Change iv. 100 The banns were called ‘askings’ and in seventeenth-century Yorkshire they were the occasion of noisy public demonstration of communal feelings. 2013 D. Swift Shakespeare's Common Prayers i. 63 On 28 November 1582 his marriage bond was issued at Worcester. This permitted him to marry after only one asking of the banns, instead of the regulation three. 8. A thing requested or demanded; a price asked for. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > asking or selling price asking1589 sale price?1714 asking price1755 selling price1815 ask price1874 offer price1925 ask1981 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 101 The Captaine departed, and caused all the rest of the boates to depart, thinking belike that we would haue followed them, and haue giuen them their owne askings. 1613 T. Adams White Deuil 58 He makes his owne price, for they gaue him his asking. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 103 Naboth shall have his own asking. 1897 Christianity in Earnest, for Church Extension & Saloon Suppression Mar. 52 The collections fall far below the asking. a1949 P. Marshall in C. Marshall Man called Peter (1951) xiv. 179 We thank Thee for askings that have been received, for prayers that have been answered. 1999 T. Lott White City Blue (2000) 14 I think you should pitch an offer... Not too low under the asking, maybe a few K short. Compounds asking price n. the price asked for or set by a seller. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > asking or selling price asking1589 sale price?1714 asking price1755 selling price1815 ask price1874 offer price1925 ask1981 1755 C. Charke Narr. Life 151 I flew..to all the Brokers in Town, to buy my Houshold Furniture, gave the asking Price for every thing I bought. 1852 Harper's Mag. Sept. 534/1 The merchants..have two prices—an ‘asking price’ and a ‘taking price’. 1924 Times Trade & Engin. Suppl. 29 Nov. 242/4 This is higher than recent f.o.b. sales for this autumn's delivery, but about £2 a standard lower than the ‘asking’ prices at the commencement. 1973 V. Teresa & T. C. Renner My Life in Mafia x. 101 The asking price was fifty-five grand... We chiseled the owner down to forty-three grand and we got a mortgage. 2008 Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 6/5 This can cause misery for house sellers, most of whom have already had to accept less than the asking price. asking rate n. the rate asked for, set, or required, especially by a seller; (Cricket) the number of runs the batting side needs to score per over in order to reach the target they have been set and win the match. ΚΠ 1825 Louisville (Kentucky) Public Advertiser 28 May Holders appear firm, at our present asking rates, and some anticipate more. 1844 Economist 14 Dec. 1533/1 On board there is little or no business, the trade generally not being disposed to purchase at asking rates. 1930 Economist 10 May 1051/1 The asking rate on 90-day bankers' bills has been cut to 2⁷/ ₈ per cent. 1969 Guardian 28 Apr. 17/4 Wilson..maintained the asking rate of five runs an over. 2012 J. Grzinic Machine Guns & Cricket Bats iv. 41 The Spanish batsmen..somehow managed to reach the seven runs an over asking rate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). askingadj. Brit. /ˈɑːskɪŋ/, /ˈaskɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæskɪŋ/ Forms: see ask v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ask v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < ask v. + -ing suffix².Although clear evidence for the use of this word is lacking between Old English and the 18th cent., compare askingly adv. Not always easy to distinguish from attributive uses of asking n. Compare also Old English āsciendlic (in grammar) interrogative ( < āsciende , present participle of ask v. + -ly suffix¹). That asks, or asks for, something; enquiring; begging, suppliant. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > requesting or petitioning askingOE petitor1453 supplicatoryc1475 suppliant1550 entreating1566 placitatory1569 petitory1576 supplicant1577 suing1581 pleading1594 entreatful1596 conjuring1597 entreative1598 supplicative1601 petitionary1604 precatory1610 supplicating1612 petitioning1615 postulatorya1631 eucticala1638 obsecratory1645 placitory1651 imploring1655 precative1662 beseeching1704 obsecrationary1829 imploratory1832 suppliant-like1837 solicitive1865 solicitant1886 OE Glosses to Sententiae of Isidore (Royal 7 C.iv) in R. Cornelius Die altenglische Interlinearversion zu De vittiis et peccatis (1995) 169 Quando ad metum interrogantis ancillę christum negavit : þa he æt ege axigendre þinene crist wiþsoc. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 401 Explore the Thought, explain the asking Eye. c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies xx. 70 Shall, vainly suppliant, spread his asking hand. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc ii. 187 The asking eye of hunger. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair iii. xvi. 86 With many an asking smile, and wondering stare. 1872 Illinois Schoolmaster Jan. 17 A sentence that asks a question is called an asking sentence. 1932 L. Untermeyer Food & Drink 38 (title of poem) To an asking girl. 1972 W. S. Graham Let. 3 June in Nightfisherman (1999) 262 Love to both of you (if I can say this after such an asking letter). 2010 C. S. Gilson Metaphysical Presuppositions of Being-in-the-World iv. 165 The beauty, terror and becoming of existence, the uncanniness of man as an asking being are safeguarded by him. Compounds asking bid n. Bridge a bid having the primary purpose of eliciting information about a partner's hand; cf. ask n.¹ 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding > bid > other types of bid ask1872 overcall1890 rescue bid1912 game-goer1913 reverse bid1915 denial1916 rebid1916 overbid?1917 rescue?1917 under-call1923 jump1927 invitation1928 score-bid1928 approach1929 pre-empt1929 one-over-one1931 response1931 cue-bid1932 psychic1932 asking bid1936 reverse1936 shut-out1936 under-bid1945 controlled psychic1959 relay bid1959 raise1964 psych1965 multi1972 splinter bid1977 1936 E. Culbertson Contract Bridge Compl. 15 Asking Bid, an artificial bid requesting specific information in the asked suit. 1936 Times 19 May 19/5 Instead of at once showing support in the ordinary way by raising in Spades, he makes the Asking Bid of Four Diamonds. 1959 T. Reese & A. Dormer Bridge Player's Dict. 16 Asking-bids are a conventional way of locating controls for slam purposes. 2004 Bridge Mag. Mar. 23/2 If your partnership employs a lower ace asking bid (such as Four Diamonds when clubs are agreed) [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOEadj.OE
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