proposal
Presented for consideration
A proposal is a plan or suggestion put forward for consideration.
In business, proposals are formal documents pitching services or projects: We submitted a proposal for the contract.
A marriage proposal is an offer to wed, often preceded by the: He's planning the proposal for Saturday.
To propose is to make one.
Proposal to provide
- counterofferAlternative terms proposed back
- termsConditions of an agreement
- concessionYielding a point
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
compromise · acceptance · rejection · conditions · stipulation · deal · agreement · mediation
Mental formation
- recommendationAdvised course of action
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
initiative · concept · approach · solution · option · alternative · strategy · outline
Offer to purchase
- tenderSoft or sore
- submissionYielding to another's will
- pitchFrequency of sound
- RFPFormal bid solicitation
contract · vendor · procurement · solicitation · evaluation · award · scope · budget
Bestow or award money
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
hypothesis · abstract · literature review · peer review · submission · sponsor · fellowship · academic
offer
Proposal to provide
- counterofferAlternative terms proposed back
- termsConditions of an agreement
- concessionYielding a point
bargaining · compromise · acceptance · rejection · conditions · stipulation · deal · agreement · mediation · arbitration
idea
Mental formation
- recommendationAdvised course of action
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
scheme · initiative · concept · approach · solution · option · alternative · strategy · outline · draft
bid
Offer to purchase
- tenderSoft or sore
- submissionYielding to another's will
- pitchFrequency of sound
RFP · contract · vendor · procurement · solicitation · evaluation · award · scope · budget · timeline
grant
Bestow or award money
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
methodology · hypothesis · abstract · literature review · peer review · submission · sponsor · fellowship · academic · study design
engagement
Commitment to wed or attend
surprise · wedding · fiancé · fiancée · accept · reject · pop the question · diamond · planning · romantic
motion
Change in position
- billAmount owed, written
- amendmentChange to official text
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
parliament · senate · vote · debate · floor · committee · sponsor · second · passage · defeat
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, wedding ceremony, bride
- Occasionswedding, birthday, anniversary, graduation, funeral
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- Classic RomancePride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Emma, Romeo and Juliet
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
proposaldecision
Settled course of action
verdict · conclusion · ruling · final decision · resolution
- marriage proposalOffer of matrimony
- propose a toastVerbally honor with raised glasses
- propose marriageSeek someone's hand
- surprise proposalUnannounced offer of marriage
- modest proposalDeliberately understated radical idea
- business proposalFormal offer for collaboration
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