proposal

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English

Etymology

propose +‎ -al

Noun

proposal (plural proposals)

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.
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.

Synonyms

• proffer
• tender
• overture

Derived terms

Terms derived from proposal

counterproposal

modest proposal

promposal

Related terms

• proposition

Translations

that which is proposed

• Arabic: مُقْتَرَح (ar) (muqtaraḥ) m
• Armenian: առաջարկություն (hy) (aṙaǰarkutʿyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提議 (cmn), 提议 (cmn) (tíyì), 建議 (cmn), 建议 (cmn) (jiànyì), 提案 (cmn) (tí'àn), (marriage) 求婚 (cmn) (qiúhūn)

• Czech: návrh (cs) m
• Dutch: voorstel (nl) n
• Esperanto: propono (eo)
• Estonian: ettepanek (et)
• Finnish: ehdotus (fi), esitys (fi), kosinta (fi)
• French: proposition (fr)
• Georgian: წინადადება (ka) (cinadadeba)
• German: Vorschlag (de) m
• Greek: πρόταση (el) (prótasi) f, εισήγηση (el) (eisígisi) f

• Hindi: प्रस्ताव (hi) (prastāv)
• Hungarian: javaslat (hu)
• Italian: proposta (it)
• Japanese: 提案 (ja) (ていあん, teian), (marriage) プロポーズ (ja) (puropōzu), 求婚 (ja) (きゅうこん, kyūkon)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پێشنیار, پێشنیاز

• Persian: پیشنهاد (fa) (pêšnahād)
• Romanian: propunere (ro) f
• Russian: предложение (ru) (predložénije) n
• Spanish: propuesta (es) f
• Swahili: pendekezo (sw)
• Urdu: پرستاو (ur) (prastāv)

Law: the offer by a party of what they have in view

• Greek: προσφορά (el) (prosforá) f

• Japanese: 企画書 (kikakusho), 提案書 (teiansho)