proposal

Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.

Noun

  1. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
    • proposals for the construction of a new building

    Synonyms: overture proffer proposition plot blueprint design plan project proposal scheme

    1. A scheme or design.

    2. The terms or conditions proposed.

      • to make proposals for a treaty of peace
      • "That's about the size of it," I said. "Now, if it is a fair question, what was your side proposing to shed?" / I had him, there. He saw he had made a blunder, so he hastened to explain it away. He said he had spoken...

      Synonyms: overture proffer proposition

    3. The document on which such a thing is written.

      • December 22 2016, Simon Parkin in the Irish Times Basement idea to blockbuster: The story of Fifa, the video game Lewis, who had been sent to London to set up EA's European office, wrote a proposal for a lavish,...

      Synonyms: overture proffer proposition

    4. The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.

      • October 25 2013, Guardian Express Kim Kardashian Says a Prenup Is the Only Way to Marry Kanye may have been love stricken when Kim accepted his proposal to marry him but Kim has always supported the idea of a prenup.
      • You could open his collected works almost anywhere and shut your eyes and dab down your finger on some red-hot passage. A proposal of marriage is a thing which it is rather difficult to bring neatly into the ordinary...
      • ‘Louisa, my dear, you are the subject of a proposal of marriage that has been made to me.’ Again he waited, and again she answered not one word. This so far surprised him, as to induce him gently to repeat, ‘a proposal...

      Synonyms: overture proffer proposition

    5. (law) The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

      Synonyms: overture proffer proposition tender

Origin

Etymology tree English propose Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English proposal From propose + -al.

Forms

proposals

Related

proposition

Derived

contraproposal counterproposal modest proposal nonproposal postproposal preproposal promposal proposalist reproposal request for proposal subproposal