asking

(verb): To request (information, or an answer to a question).
(verb): To put forward (a question) to be answered.
(verb): To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
(verb): To request or petition; usually with for.
(verb): To request permission to do something.
(verb): To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
(verb): To invite.
(verb): To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
(verb): To take (a person's situation) as an example.
(noun): The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
(noun): A request, or petition.