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pros·ti·tu·tion

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–noun

1.	the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.

2.	base or unworthy use, as of talent or ability.

[Origin: 1545–55; < LL prōstitūtiōn- (s. of prōstitūtiō). See prostitute, -ion

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pros·ti·tu·tion Audio Help (prŏs'tĭ-tōō'shən, -tyōō'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act or practice of engaging in sex acts for hire.
The act or an instance of offering or devoting one's talent to an unworthy use or cause.

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prostitution
noun
offering sexual intercourse for pay

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Prostitution

Pros`ti*tu"tion\, n. [L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution.]

1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.

2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press. "Mental prostitution." --Byron.

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