Definition of "elicitation" [e•lic•i•ta•tion]

• The act of eliciting; or, an elicited thing. (noun)

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• "Where data is scarce, regulators supplement calculations with knowledgable opinion - what the industry calls "expert elicitation," in which experts are asked to speculate."
• "So for 30 minutes, I pulled everything together - by nomination, open elicitation, explanation and restatement."
• "What is interesting is that NASA's organizational "peers", for purposes of budget elicitation, are these cabinet-level organizations plus a handful of others -- such as the EPA and SBA."