n.
1.earnest or urgent request
2.attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
3.(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
4.request for a sum of money appeal v.
1.take a court case to a higher court for review
2.request earnestly (something from somebody)
3.be attractive to
4.challenge (a decision)
5.cite as an authority
Idiom of the Day
come up in the world
to improve one's status or situation in life
I knew that I had come up in the world when I was invited to dinner with the president of our company.