appeal

/əˈpiːl/ noun

Definition

REQUEST [C] › when a lot of people are asked to give money, information, or help: The appeal raised over £2 million for AIDS research.

QUALITY [U] › the quality in someone or something that makes them attractive or enjoyable: I've never understood the appeal of skiing.

LAW [C] › a request to a court of law to change a previous legal decision: He won his appeal against his jail sentence.

(Definition of appeal noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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