prostitute

n.

1. One who solicits and accepts payment for sex acts.
2. One who sells one's abilities, talent, or name for an unworthy purpose.

tr.v., -tut·ed, -tut·ing, -tutes.

1. To offer (oneself or another) for sexual hire.
2. To sell (oneself or one's talent, for example) for an unworthy purpose.

[Latin prōstitūta, from feminine past participle of prōstituere, to prostitute : prō-, in front; see pro-¹ + statuere, to cause to stand.]

prostitutor pros'ti·tu'tor n.

noun

A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment: bawd, call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, scarlet woman, streetwalker, strumpet, tart², whore. Slang hooker, moll. Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night. See sex/asexual.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  Synonyms: cocotte, whore, harlot, trollop, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street

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The verb prostitute has one meaning:

Meaning #1: sell one's body; exchange sex for money

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - prostitueret
v. tr. - prostituere

Nederlands (Dutch)
prostituee, prostitueren, verlagen

Français (French)
n. - prostitué, prostituée
v. tr. - se prostituer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Prostituierte, Strichjunge
v. - prostituieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πόρνη
v. - εκπορνεύω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
prostituta, prostituire, sputtanato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prostituta (f)
v. - prostituir, corromper, adulterar

Русский (Russian)
проститутка, заниматься проституцией, продавать таланты

Español (Spanish)
n. - prostituta, ramera
v. tr. - prostituir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - prostituerad, sköka
v. - prostituera, prisge, sälja, utnyttja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
妓女, 男娼, 使卖淫, 滥用

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 妓女, 男娼
v. tr. - 使賣淫, 濫用

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 매춘부, 매음
v. tr. - 매음 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 売春する人, 売春婦, 娼婦
v. - 金のために売る, 売春する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مومس, عاهرة (فعل) تاجر (بموهبته), حط من قدره, دفع الى البغاء, عرض للفجور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זונה, יצאנית, אדם המשפיל עצמו למטרת רווח, זונה ממין זכר‬
v. tr. - ‮זנה/זנתה, מכר בעד בצע-כסף, השתמש לרעה ביכולתו למטרת רווח‬

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