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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Proposal \Pro*pos"al\, noun [From {Propose}.]
1. That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage. ''To put forth proposals for a book.'' --Macaulay.
2. (Law) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
Syn: Proffer; tender; overture. See {Proposition}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
proposal
noun
1: something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
2: an offer of marriage [syn: {marriage proposal}, {proposal of marriage}, {marriage offer}]
3: the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal" [syn: {proposition}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "proposal": admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, aim, ambition, animus, aspiration, bid, briefing, caution, caveat, consultation, council, counsel, desideration, desideratum, design, designation, desire, determination, direction, draft, effect, engagement, exhortation, expostulation, fixed purpose, function, game plan, guidance, hortation, idea, improper suggestion, indecent proposal, instance, instruction, intendment, intent, intention, invitation, layout, marriage proposal, meaning, mind, monition, motion, motive, naming, nisus, nomination, offer, offer of marriage, opinion, outline, parley, pass, plan, point, presentation, proffer, project, projection, proposition, prospectus, purpose, recommendation, remonstrance, request, resolution, resolve, sake, scenario, scheme, sexual advance, striving, study, suggestion, tender, thought, view, warning, will
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