ask

/ɑːsk/ verb [T]

Definition

› to state the price that you want for something that you are selling: ask sth for sth What is he asking for his share of the business?

ask sb for interview › HR to ask someone to come and see you so that you can give them an interview for a job: Of the 150 candidates, we asked six for interview.

ask sb to leave › HR to make someone leave their job: be asked to leave They said I had breached confidentiality rules, and I was asked to leave. → See also dismiss

(Definition of ask verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)