noun

• earnest or urgent request
  "an entreaty to stop the fighting"
• attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
  "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
• (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
  "their appeal was denied in the superior court"
• request for a sum of money
  "an appeal to raise money for starving children"

verb

• take a court case to a higher court for review
  "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
• request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
  "appeal to somebody for help"
• be attractive to
  "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"
• challenge (a decision)
  "She appealed the verdict"