proposal

Noun

proposal (plural proposals)

1. A scheme or design.
   • proposals for the construction of a new building

   Synonyms:

   overture, proffer, proposition, plot, blueprint, design, plan, project, scheme

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 jestingly. Then he added that he and his principal would enjoy axes, and indeed...1880, Mark Twain, chapter VIII, in A Tramp Abroad

   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, high-tech football...

   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 run of conversation. It wants leading up to.1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 4, in Three Men and a Maid

   Synonyms:

   overture, proffer, proposition

5. 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