prostitution

Plural: prostitutions

Noun

• offering sexual intercourse for pay
• Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay.
• Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for goods (not necessarily money) or services.
• Debasement for profit or impure motives.

Examples

• His addiction brought him to the point that prostitution was the only means he had to survive.
• The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.

Synonyms

harlotry, whoredom, oldest occupation, oldest profession, world's oldest profession

Related Words

child prostitution, prostitute, prostitute's pupil