Proposal

Definition: Proposal

Proposal

Noun

1. Something proposed (such as a plan or assumption).

2. An offer of marriage.

3. The act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "proposal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Note: Proposal \Pro*pos"al\, noun. [From Propose.]. (Websters 1913)

General

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Proposal

Intention

Contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; study; look out.

Offer

Noun: offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture; proposal, proposition; motion, invitation; candidature; offering; (gift).

Plan

Noun: plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, motion; precaution; (provision); deep-laid plan; (premeditated);

Request

Motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe; imprecation; rogation; proposal, proposition.

Supposition

Noun: supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal; (plan); presumption; (belief); divination.

Crosswords: Proposal

We must confess that your proposal seems less like science and more like science fiction. (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

It's a proposal, sweetie! (North by Northwest; writing credit: Ernest Lehman)

In this country that better be a proposal of marriage. (Oklahoma!; writing credit: Lynn Riggs; Oscar Hammerstein II)

Is it your proposal, Mr. Rumson, that we knock out the stage driver, steal a coach, and kidnap six women? (Paint Your Wagon; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky; Alan Jay Lerner)

Because you're going to run interference while I intercept a proposal. (The Flintstones; writing credit: R.S. Allen; Sam Bobrick)

Hope this indecent proposal make you do somethin with me (Shake Ya Ass; performing artist: Mystikal)

Franklin & Jefferson Proposal Film (1973)

The Proposal (1949)

A Pistol Point Proposal (1919)

Bashful Charley's Proposal (1916)

Pimple's Proposal (1914)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Grassroots Grants: An Activist's Guide to Proposal Writing (Kim Klein's Chardon Press) (reference)

• The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing: Jane C. Geever (Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing, 3rd Ed) (reference)

• A Convenient Proposal (Harlequin Superromance, No. 1044) (reference)

• Administration proposal to recapitalize the bank insurance system, modify the regulation of banks and other depository institutions, and expand allowable activities of banking corporations : hearing before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Represe (reference)

• Fiscal year 1996 budget proposal for the U.S. Department of Commerce : hearing before the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, March 9, 1995 (reference)

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Periodicals

• Proposal Management (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• The Proposal (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• A Modest Proposal (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Those Capitol Hill boys seem to forget this is a peace proposal / Berryman. Credit: Library of Congress.

President Lyndon B. Johnson reading 5-point peace proposal from Hanoi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Model groups of government buildings. Proposal of Archives Building. Credit: Library of Congress.

Proposal / chromo-lithographed and published by A. & C. Kaufmann, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Abolition of the family! Even the most radical flare up at this infamous proposal of the Communists. (reference)

Abstention from voting is to be treated as a vote against the proposal under discussion. (reference)

I have, however, a definite and practical proposal to make for action. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And he relinquished the proposal to the family.

This proposal was received with the utmost disapprobation by the whole board.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

The first step is approval of the project proposal. (references)

Once registered, the company should begin to assemble the proposal package. (references)

Otherwise a proposal is put forward to the Council, which decides by qualified majority. (references)

Children

Switzerland

Opponents of this proposal claimed that the transition period would be far too long and urged that private premises, such as multiple-level housing, should also be required to implement the changes. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

The petitioners rejected this proposal as being too slow. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

The Council also expressed reservations about a government proposal to establish an Academy of Law, but the Chief Justice supported the idea as a good way to strengthen communication among different players within the legal system. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

The Fox Administration is expected to introduce, perhaps as early as Fall 2001, a more modest proposal, creating a competitive wholesale generation market open to private investment, an autonomous governmental agency to operate the transmission grid, and scheme of concessions for distribution. (references)

Mexico

A 1999 proposal by the Zedillo administration to privatize electric generation, transmission and distribution died in Congress, without debate. (references)

Malaysia

With the present procedure, the foreign investor submits permit applications simultaneously with the project proposal to the relevant ministry. (references)

Human Rights

Hong Kong

A proposal for the office to become independent of the Government in 2002 reportedly has received official approval. (references)

Sweden

In 2000 the Minister of Justice presented a proposal to expand the use of police listening devices and other electronic surveillance. (references)

Sweden

Under continued pressure from NGO's, the Government continued to rework its proposal. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

After vocal protests, the Government put the proposal on hold. (references)

Mexico

On April 25, in response to a proposal made by the Governments of Mexico and Guatemala, the U.N. Human Rights Commission voted to establish the office of Special Rapporteur for the Protection of Indigenous Peoples and in July appointed Rodolfo Stavenhagen, a professor at the Colegio de Mexico's Center for Sociological Studies and former advisor to the EZLN during its negotiations with the Government. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

The Hungarian Jewish community tentatively accepted the Government's proposal, but negotiations continued over the payment of accrued interest. (references)

Political Economy

GUATEMALA

Among numerous other changes, the Fiscal Pact included a proposal to raise the nation's VAT from 10 to 12 percent, which was finally passed by Congress in July 2001. Together with the increase in the VAT, Congress also approved an increase on the Agricultural and Mercantile Industries Tax and a new Fiscal Stamp on Cigarettes, Sodas, and Alcoholic Beverages. (references)

JAMAICA

While each investment proposal is assessed on its own merits, investments are preferred in areas which may increase productive output, use domestic raw materials, earn or save foreign exchange, generate employment, or introduce new technology. (references)

NORWAY

Norway and the EU have preferential access to each other's markets, except for the agricultural and fisheries sectors, through the EEA agreement, which entered force in January 1994. Although in a 1994 national referendum Norwegians rejected a proposal to join the EU, Norway routinely implements most EU directives as required by the EEA. (references)

Political Rights

Kazakhstan

In February 2000, a team of OSCE representatives visited Astana to discuss the final OSCE report on the parliamentary elections; government officials agreed during the visit to an OSCE proposal for a series of roundtable discussions of the electoral reforms recommended in the report. (references)

East Timor

After three postponements due to a fragile security situation, the referendum was held on August 30, 1999. Militia groups backed by Indonesian armed forces attempted, through numerous killings, attacks, rapes, and other abuses, to intimidate the East Timorese population into voting for autonomy (and, in effect, against independence), or to prevent them from voting at all; nevertheless, some 98 percent of registered voters cast their ballots, and 78.5 percent of the voters opposed the autonomy proposal. (references)

Chile

In October 2000, a Senate Commission (including two designated Senators) unanimously had approved a proposal that would abolish these positions starting in 2006; however, at year's end, Congress had not passed legislation codifying this and other proposals for constitutional reform. (references)

Trade

Kazakhstan

If a U.S. firm is already working with a Kazakhstani entity, the American partner should submit a separate proposal to TDA, following an outline available from TDA. (references)

Turkey

Offsets: Large defense-related procurement / coproduction tenders usually require an offset proposal. (references)

Australia

As of June 2001, the U.S. had not formally replied to this proposal. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

This can make it difficult for a Westerner to ascertain exactly how a business proposal is being received. (references)

Italy

Most large commercial firms are able to correspond in various languages in addition to English and Italian, but a business overture or proposal is given more serious attention if written in Italian. (references)

Women

Thailand

There has been no action on the proposal. (references)

Worker Rights

Taiwan

In response to deteriorating economic conditions the Government adopted a proposal by the Economic Development Advisory Conference, that, beginning with contracts signed in September, room and board expenses for foreign workers may be treated as in-kind payments and deducted from foreign workers pay. (references)

Singapore

In 1999 in response to the economic downturn, the Government adopted an NWC proposal in which, subject to negotiation in each enterprise, up to 10 percent of salaries would be considered "variable" each month, allowing companies to eliminate that portion of pay if financial problems necessitated it. There are no export processing zones. (references)

Malaysia

In June 2000, Human Resources Minister reiterated that the Government was not opposed to a minimum wage and said that his ministry wanted to discuss with the MTUC the manner in which the MTUC calculated its new proposal for a $237 (900 RM) per month minimum wage. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "proposal": amendment proposal ♦ bid proposal management,tender vetting and customer's needs requirements ♦ conciliatory proposal ♦ counter proposal ♦ debate a proposal ♦ give support to the proposal ♦ job application proposal message ♦ laugh down a proposal ♦ make a proposal ♦ make a proposal to ♦ marriage proposal ♦ proposal for marriage ♦ proposal of marriage ♦ proposal Writing ♦ request for proposal ♦ viable proposal ♦ written proposal of marriage. Additional references.

Beginning with "proposal": proposal-either, proposal-review.

Ending with "proposal": counter-proposal.

Afrikaans

voorstel (introduce, offer, perform, present, presentation, tender). (various references)

Albanian

propozim (call, motion, nomination, offer, offering, proposition, suggestion, tender), sugjerim (cue, indoctrination, inspiration, pointer, proposition, suggestion), ofertë (bidding, proposition, supply, tender). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عرض زواج, ‏عرض اقتراح, ‏طلب يد, ‏الإ قتراح, ‏إقتراح (feeler, instance, motion, offer, offering, proposition, suggestion, vote), ‏أقتراح (overture, suggestion). (various references)

Bulgarian 

предложение (bid, counsel, motion, offer, proffer), план (blueprint, conception, dart, diagram, draft, draught, game, idea, layout, map, plan, plat, plot, program, programme, project, schedule, schema, scheme, set up, skeleton, sketch, view). (various references)

Chinese 

提案 (motion). (various references)

Czech

nabídka (bid, offer, offering, overture, proposition, quotation, quote, tender), návrh (design, draft, drawing, minute, motion, offer, suggestion). (various references)

Danish

forslag (offer, presentation, suggestion, tender). (various references)

Dutch

voorstel (offer, presentation, tender), aanzoek (application, offer, offer of marriage, offer of parriage, request). (various references)

Esperanto

propono (offer, suggestion), edziĝpropono (offer, offer of marriage). (various references)

Farsi 

پیشنهاد (Bid, Motion, Offer, Plea, Proffer, Purpose, Tender), طرح پیشنهادی , طرح (Cast, Diagram, Draft, Knack, Layout, Machination, Model, Module, Outline, Pattern, Plan, Plat, Plot, Project, Projection, Schema, Scheme, Skeleton, Sketch), اظهار (Remark, Say, Showing, Statement, Testimony, Utterance), ابراز (Expression). (various references)

Finnish

tarjous (bid, offer, proposition, tender), kosinta, ehdotus (motion, proposition, suggestion). (various references)

French

proposition (presentation, proposition). (various references)

Frisian

oansiik (offer, offer of marriage), oanbod (offer, presentation, tender), oanbieding (offer, presentation, tender), foarslach (offer, presentation, tender). (various references)

German

Antrag (annex, application, application form, claim, motion, offer, overture, petition, presentation, proposition, request, tender), vorschlag (advice, offer, proposition, recommendation, suggestion). (various references)

Greek 

πρόταση (clause, motion, offer, overture, premise, proposition, second, sentence, suggestion). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"צעת � שואין (offer of marriage), �"צע�" (bed making, offer, offering, presentation, proposition, suggestion, tender). (various references)

Hungarian

leánykérés (suit), javaslat (advice, motion, pointer, project, proposition, recommendation, suggestion), indítvány (motion, proposition), indítványozás, előterjesztés (memorial, plea, presentation, putting). (various references)

Indonesian

usul (motion), anjuran (advice, advocacy, recommendation). (various references)

Italian

proposta (application, offer, overture, proposition, suggestion). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�し入れ (notice, offer, proposition, report), 建言 (offering one's opinion to one's superior, right to speak), 建議 (motion, proposition, suggestion), 企�"�書 , 提�"� (advocacy), 提案 (proposition, suggestion), 提言 (motion), 提議 (motion), プロペラ船 (air propeller boat, professional wrestling, project manager, proletarian, proletariat, promenade, Prometheus, promethium, prominence, promote, promoter, promotion, promotion video, proportion), �"�出 (claim, notice, report, request), �"定案 (agreement), �"�し出で (claim, notice, report, request), 進言 (advice, counsel), �"�し込み (application, challenge, entry, offer, overture, request, subscription), �"�込 (application, challenge, entry, offer, overture, request, subscription), �"�込み (application, challenge, entry, offer, overture, request, subscription), 献策 (suggestion), 献言 (offering one's opinion to one's superior, right to speak), 発案 (idea, suggestion), 発言 (speech, utterance), 発議 (motion), 発起 (resolution), �"�入 (notice, offer, proposition, report). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

もうし�"み (application, challenge, entry, offer, overture, request, subscription), ていあ�" (proposition, suggestion), ていしょう (advocacy, good omen, hum, singing softly), ていぎ (definition, motion), はつ�'�" (plucking string instrument, revelation, speech, utterance), はつあ�" (idea, suggestion), はつぎ (motion), け�"�'�" (authority, jurisdiction, manifestation, offering one's opinion to one's superior, origin of rights, power, right to speak), てい�'�" (categorical statement, decrease, depreciation, fall, mitigation, motion, reduction, successive diminution), け�"ぎ (aversion, dislike, motion, prefectural assembly, proposition, suggestion, suspicion), プロポーズ , もうしいれ (notice, offer, proposition, report), もうしいで (claim, notice, report, request), もうしで (claim, notice, report, request), ほっき (resolution), し�"�'�" (advice, counsel, earthquake centre, epicenter, epicentre, maxim, proverb, solemn), きょうていあ�" (agreement), きかくしょ, プロポーザル , け�"さく (grinding, lookup, making a plan, recommendation, refer to, retrieve, suggestion). (various references)

Korean 

안 (inner, intra, Intra-). (various references)

Manx

treealtys (motion, proposition). (various references)

Papiamen

proposishon (offer, presentation, tender). (various references)

Pig Latin

oposalpray

Portuguese

proposta (bid, motion, overture, proposition, putting, suggestion, tender). (various references)

Romanian

propunere (call, motion, offer, offering, proffer, proposition, recommendation, suggestion, tender), proiect (contemplation, counsel, design, designing, device, draft, draught, idea, plan, project, projection, scheme, scheming), plan (contrivance, counsel, design, device, disposition, draft, even, idea, intention, level, map, meaning, outline, plain, plan, plane, program, programme, project, schedule, scheme, scheming, skeleton, syllabus, tabular), sugestie (call, hint, idea, intimation, leading, suggestion), ofertã (bid, offer, offering, proffer, proposition, supply, tender), cerere în cãsãtorie. (various references)

Russian 

предложение (isolated sentence, marriage proposal, offer, offering, proposition, sentence, suggestion, suggestion that, tender, theorem). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prosidba (suit), predlog (motion, preposition, proposition, suggestion). (various references)

Spanish

propuesta (approach, nomination, overture, proffer, tender), proposición (design, motion, offer, overture, presentation, proposition, resolution, suggestion, tender), oferta (bid, gift, offer, present, presentation, proffer, proposition, supply, tender). (various references)

Swedish

förslag (account, draft, grace, idea, motion, nomination list, offer, presentation, project, proposals, proposition, record, report, suggestion, tender), frieri (courtship, court-ship, offer of marriage, wooing). (various references)

Turkish

plan (arrangement, blue print, chart, conspectus, design, idea, intention, layout, map, plan, plot, program, programme, project, proposition, scheme, set up), teklif (bargain, bid, motion, offer, offering, overture, proffer, proposition, resolution, suggestion, tender), tasavvur (concept, imagination, thinking), tasarı (bill, design, draught, plan, project, scheme, set up), evlenme teklifi (marriage proposal, suit), önerme (proposition, suggestion, thesis, vote), öneri (intimation, offer, overture, proffer, proposition, suggestion, tender, tip), önerge (memorial, motion, resolution, resolve). (various references)

Ukrainian

освідчення, пропозиція (offer, offering, proffer, proposition, question), план (blueprint, chart, dart, delineation, design, device, idea, layout, map, outline, plan, plot, program, programme, project, proposition, scheme). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự đề xuất điều đề nghị, sự đề nghị, kế hoạch đề xuất sự cầu hôn, dự kiến đề nghị. (various references)

Welsh

cynigiad (motion). (various references)

conditionis, propositio. (various references)

overture. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "proposal": proposals. (additional references)

Words ending with "proposal": counterproposal. (additional references)

Words containing "proposal": counterproposals. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Proposal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: poposal, Poropak, porposal, precoxal, prepupal, probucol, Progoda, Prooshan, propasal, propiska, proporsal, proposedly, proposel. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: apropos, poplars.

-2 letters: orlops, parols, polars, poplar, saloop, sporal.

-3 letters: loops, opals, orals, orlop, palps, parol, plops, polar, polos, pools, poops, praos, proas, props, proso, sapor, sloop, solar, sopor, spool, spoor.

-4 letters: alps, also, laps, lars, loop, loos, lops, oars, oops, opal, oral, osar, palp, pals, paps, pars, plop, polo, pols, pool, poop, poor.

+1 letter: proposals.

+2 letters: malapropos, protoplasm, protoplast.

+3 letters: laparoscope, laparoscopy, polariscope, protoplasms, protoplasts.

+4 letters: coprophilias, laparoscopes, laparoscopic, papyrologies, papyrologist, polariscopes, polariscopic, propranolols, protoplanets, protoplasmic.

+5 letters: cephalosporin, coprophiliacs, cyclopropanes, laparoscopies, laparoscopist, overpopulates, papyrologists, phosphorylase, phosphorylate, prepositional, proportionals, propositional, repopulations.