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proposal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
proposal
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a compromise proposal
▪ The House of Representatives accepted a compromise proposal from the administration.
a concrete proposal
▪ People talked a lot but made few concrete proposals.
a controversial plan/proposal/policy
▪ the controversial plan to build a new airport
a proposal of marriageformal (= when someone asks you to marry them)
▪ She rejected his proposal of marriage.
draw up a proposal
▪ The European Communities were drawing up proposals to control the export of chemicals.
endorse a proposal/an idea/a candidate etc
▪ The Prime Minister is unlikely to endorse this view.
far-reaching reforms/proposals/changes
▪ The country carried out far-reaching reforms to modernize its economy.
package of measures/proposals/incentives etc
▪ The government has announced a package of measures to assist affected areas.
put a proposition/proposal to sb
▪ I’ve a proposition to put to you.
put forward a proposal/suggestion
▪ She put forward a compromise proposal.
second a motion/proposal/amendment etc
submit an application/claim/proposal etc
▪ All applications must be submitted by Monday.
veto legislation/a measure/a proposal etc
▪ President Bush vetoed the bill on July 6.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
forward
▪ Against this background the member states of the Community asked the Commission to put forward proposals for achieving the single market.
▪ It was the responsibility of the council to supply information to all the citizens and put forward proposals.
▪ From this the person is expected to identify strengths and weaknesses in performance and then put forward proposals for change.
▪ And, of course, I realise that when I bring forward proposals they will have to be judged on their merits.
▪ Its new approach of competitive bidding has already galvanized towns and cities into bringing forward imaginative proposals for regeneration.
▪ The Government brought forward proposals in 1986 to reform the shopping laws, but Parliament was not able to agree a conclusion.
▪ We will bring forward proposals to ensure that the control of drug misuse is co-ordinated effectively.
▪ This Committee had instructed consultants to make a survey and put forward proposals.
new
▪ How such planning would fare under the new proposals is not clear.
▪ The Venture Research scheme is still expanding: we are still looking for new proposals!
▪ Although his aides portrayed the speech as adding more substance to his message, Alexander offers no new policy proposals.
▪ Will he give an assurance that in future research at Leeds polytechnic will be funded under the new joint proposals?
▪ To show the world that the United States does not want reunification, it is necessary to keep making new peace proposals.
▪ There are new proposals for the green currency system after next year for non-euro countries.
original
▪ The original proposal was for no guaranteed funding and payment to be in arrears.
▪ The original proposal featured centre loading islands, but this idea was abandoned.
▪ Under his original proposal, much of the savings would have gone to the wealthy.
▪ Clearly, the difference between the original proposals put forward in the White Paper and the final solution in 1977 is enormous.
▪ What occurred none the less fell well short of the Community's original proposals.
▪ The original proposals, which in a modified form became the 1983 Act, brought these in.
▪ The original proposal documents from the firms offer key accounting variables.
specific
▪ According to the Washington Post of March 6 Baker urged the delegations to focus on negotiating specific proposals.
▪ Other nasty details afflict specific balanced-budget proposals, but I think enough has been said to make the point.
▪ On July 15 both countries issued specific proposals designed to increase cultural contacts.
▪ These basic allocations set the ground rules for decisionmaking on specific proposals.
▪ The President made no specific proposals on the matter, however.
▪ The report will discuss this aspect and make specific proposals for further investigation.
▪ There was both support for and opposition to the specific proposal on which we sought views.
■ NOUN
budget
▪ Oslo: The government's 1990 budget proposals had little effect, with the index slipping 2.39 to 515.81 in moderate trade.
▪ Strong oral and written communication skills are essential for analysts to prepare, present, and defend budget proposals to decision makers.
▪ The Republicans' budget proposal for 1995 would have eliminated the subsidy students can get while in college.
▪ His only promise to the Democrats, he says, was to support the final budget proposal that emerged from the committee.
▪ The 1978 Budget proposals were amended.
▪ Budget analysts spend the majority of their time working independently, compiling and analyzing data and preparing budget proposals.
▪ The Clinton administration has proposed expanding Operation Restore Trust nationwide by allocating it $ 597 million under the fiscal 1997 budget proposal.
▪ In his budget proposal, homeowners will get their promised capital-gains-tax break on sales, Clinton said.
draft
▪ The draft proposals tend to emphasize advisory structures and roles.
▪ It is relevant to the agricultural sector and there are several references to environmental considerations in the draft proposal.
▪ The assembly divided itself into five committees and 26 sub-committees to dissect the 131 draft proposals it has received.
▪ The draft proposals were to be discussed with the trade unions and opposition parties before being submitted to the People's Assembly.
marriage
▪ She had given up counting the number of marriage proposals she had turned down over the years.
▪ Consider, for example, the question of marriage proposals.
▪ The refusal to accept a marriage proposal was often interpreted as a statement of superiority.
▪ Then his girlfriend decides to accept the marriage proposal of an-other man.
▪ Despite becoming constant companions, she says his marriage proposal still came as a shock.
▪ Since it was swiftly followed by a marriage proposal it must have gone down fairly well.
research
▪ The research proposal involves the organisation of two seminars to bring together researchers in the two regions.
▪ It does mean that the justification is different and must be stated in the research proposal.
▪ Come back to me in a few weeks with another research proposal.
▪ It is for these reasons that a complete and comprehensive methodology section be included in the research proposal.
▪ This is a historical accident owing to the nature of the original research proposal.
▪ The review of literature section and more often than not will comprise the longest section in the research proposal.
▪ The implementation of such policies depends critically on the refereeing of research proposals and the operation of grant-awarding committees.
▪ It is recommended that an outline of the final research report format be placed at the very end of the research proposal.
tax
▪ The president, to be sure, opposes many Republican tax proposals.
▪ On 26 January he must give his State of the Union address in which he will outline his major tax proposals.
▪ Traditionally the Chancellor of the Exchequer relents in relation to some minor aspects of the tax proposals in the Budget.
▪ Lamar Alexander has preferred to assail Forbes on his flat tax proposal.
▪ He does not want to be probed on questions of public expenditure relating to the Labour party and its tax proposals.
■ VERB
accept
▪ If road-users are to accept the proposal, they will need to be persuaded that they will get something in exchange.
▪ How could she accept the proposal of a man she had known for only a few weeks.
▪ His sense of superiority convinces him that Elizabeth will accept his proposal.
▪ They are demanding that Clinton accept much of their proposal before they will increase the debt ceiling limit.
▪ Campaigners now hope parish councillors will abandon their scheme for 30 new lights and accept alternative proposals instead.
▪ Then his girlfriend decides to accept the marriage proposal of an-other man.
▪ Perhaps this would be a way of persuading the government to accept the proposal.
agree
▪ They agreed to our proposal to exchange lists of a dozen or more writers.
▪ Only one of the ten radical leaders in the room agreed to the proposal.
▪ Do the Government agree with those proposals?
▪ In a related move, the Rules Committee agreed to a proposal by Rep.
▪ The Executive Committee have agreed to this proposal for the following reasons.
▪ The pilots agreed to the proposal in a letter to Federal Express on Friday, according to a spokesman for the union.
▪ How can this be agreed with the present proposal for the new crosstown route?
approve
▪ In both cases the Bar Council approved and submitted proposals to amend the Regulations.
▪ The county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved some proposals for the program yesterday.
▪ These were approved on the proposal of, seconded by.
▪ The Board of Supervisors should have no problem approving the proposal.
▪ All this worrying proved for naught, because within the week senior management approved her proposal.
▪ The Supreme Soviet approved the proposals in principle on Nov. 17.
▪ Cincinnati voters recently approved a proposal to build two new sports stadiums, one for football, another for baseball.
consider
▪ She seemed to consider the proposal favourably and Princess Margaret, who I knew was keen on the idea, was supportive.
▪ While pretending to consider her proposals, he had in fact been plotting against her.
▪ Delegates complained that Mayor had not consulted the executive board, which was scheduled to meet in May to consider the proposals.
▪ The council is considering a proposal to double that limit.
▪ The right step is for the Select Committee on Catering to consider the proposals, as it will do shortly.
▪ Why should Benedict even have considered the proposal?
▪ Mr. Taylor My right hon. Friend is putting forward and considering proposals for reform.
discuss
▪ Already he has called an extraordinary meeting of directors and supporters to discuss his radical new proposals.
▪ The manager should discuss the proposals for the coming year's maintenance programme before the allocation of annual leave to nurses.
▪ City hall staffers said the mayor is busy campaigning for re-election and did not have time to discuss the park proposal.
▪ Councils have been discussing the proposal since a meeting last year with transport undersecretary Patrick McLoughlin.
▪ It was agreed to discuss the proposal further through talks between the foreign ministers of the two countries.
▪ N., Nizar Hamdoon, said Monday that his country would be willing to discuss the proposal without setting conditions.
draw
▪ Even drawing up proposals for recycling waste materials in Britain requires ten sub-committees.
▪ Formation of constitutional commission A commission to draw up proposals for changes to the 1947 Constitution was established on Sept. 9.
▪ Although the Commission drew up proposals, adopted by the Council in June 1980, no conferences have been held since.
include
▪ It is now not uncommon for consultancies to include in their proposals for a campaign how they intend to measure its success.
▪ A reference by the Director may include a proposal for a ministerial order dealing with the consumer trade practice, section 17.
▪ It is for these reasons that a complete and comprehensive methodology section be included in the research proposal.
▪ The budget he submits to Congress is expected to include such proposals.
▪ The document also includes proposals to bring vocational qualifications nearer to the A-level gold standard.
▪ The final revision dropped the four constraints included in the Senate proposal, thus protecting the flexibility of the block grant.
oppose
▪ That is why we oppose the proposals.
▪ The National Rifle Association and other advocates of firearms rights are expected to vigorously oppose these proposals.
▪ The Communist Party had originally been opposed to such a proposal.
▪ Once again, Democrats oppose a Wilson proposal because of its impact on education.
▪ It firmly opposed the Commission's proposals.
▪ The president, to be sure, opposes many Republican tax proposals.
▪ Fnac is asking its customers to sign a petition opposing the proposals to reintroduce r.p.m. on books.
▪ Neither Democrats nor Republicans in the House are likely to go along and the Clinton administration opposes both proposals as now drawn.
present
▪ At a meeting last month, Mr Alvarez presented some policy proposals, which have been politely ignored.
▪ Commissioners met individually with Castillo to present their proposals for neighborhood improvements to be funded under the pass-through allocations.
▪ Progress of constitutional talks Buoyed by its success in the referendum, the government moved swiftly to present revised constitutional proposals.
▪ The comment space, however, is too tiny to present this proposal convincingly.
▪ The Government wish to present our proposals for legislation that will enable the electricity industry in Northern Ireland to be privatised.
▪ When Grandcourt languidly presents his proposal. her vacillation intrigues him.
▪ I am willing to wager that the Government will not present proposals before the election about the salary of top civil servants.
▪ It is therefore important that a detailed description of your study population be presented in the research proposal.
put
▪ The results have to be published and should not be only of interest to the client group who put forward the proposal.
▪ It was the responsibility of the council to supply information to all the citizens and put forward proposals.
▪ Against this background the member states of the Community asked the Commission to put forward proposals for achieving the single market.
▪ He demurred, he asked for time to think, to consult his wife, to put the proposal to his daughter.
▪ Chen has now put flesh on his proposal in an interview with Business Week.
▪ It is only right that we should put forward modest proposals to ensure that there is access to interpreters.
▪ He put the proposals forward formally in a letter to the two houses of parliament and the Constitutional Court on Nov. 30.
▪ This Committee had instructed consultants to make a survey and put forward proposals.
reject
▪ In Committee, the Government rejected our fair rates proposals.
▪ Today you rejected a proposal of marriage, and now you shall be punished for your arrogance.
▪ On Sunday the national executive committee firmly rejected the proposal to set up a working party to study electoral reform.
▪ Reitman rejected the proposal, which was accompanied by a threat of more litigation.
▪ Besides, Californians overwhelmingly rejected a similar proposal four years ago.
▪ We categorically reject their proposal and think the United States should reject their proposal.
▪ Field experiments are also to be conducted to explore the factors that lead executives to accept or reject investment project proposals.
▪ Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin found no cause for the increase and rejected the proposal.
submit
▪ The manager submits proposals for changes in the nursing establishment, based on the establishment profile.
▪ The Pentagon said in a prepared statement that it had sought bids from 190 contractors but that only three submitted proposals.
▪ The governor will submit his proposal later this month, along with his proposed fiscal 1997 state budget.
▪ The application form encouraged artists to submit proposals for installation, murals, outdoor sculpture. film, video and performance work.
▪ He promised to submit the immunity proposal to the legislature back home.
▪ Two groups were shortlisted to submit financial proposals last October.
▪ The other bidders submitted fine proposals that could be revived if the Allied deal fell apart, Horn said.
support
▪ However, a consultation exercise last year showed that councils, police and courts supported the proposals.
▪ His only promise to the Democrats, he says, was to support the final budget proposal that emerged from the committee.
▪ No permanent member supported the proposal, and it was dropped.
▪ Elorriaga had decided to withdraw when Congress refused to support his proposals on taxation and on the refunding of the public debt.
▪ Now Labour-controlled Bradford council has supported outline building proposals, leaving the Widdups little option but to go.
▪ We wonder if any of the other signers are similarly being misrepresented as supporting this seriously flawed proposal.
▪ In their letter, the panel members said they could not support the proposal without adjustments.
▪ The newspaper, El Tiempo, supported the monarchical proposal without subterfuge.
welcome
▪ The presbyterian and methodist churches in Ireland, along with the Church of Ireland, welcomed the proposal.
▪ Contributions will normally be commissioned by an appointed member of the Editorial Board, but the Board welcomes proposals for reviews.
▪ We welcome the proposals to reduce the super-power arsenals.
▪ John's father Eric today welcomed the new proposals.
▪ We welcome your inquiries, proposals, and ideas.
▪ Age Concern welcomes the Government's proposals to remove administrative barriers to people who wish to change general practitioners.
▪ Because science aims at theories with a large informative content, the falsificationist welcomes the proposal of bold speculative conjectures.
▪ However, the FoE did welcome a number of proposals they had been campaigning on for some time.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
draft proposal/copy/version etc
▪ During the process of editing and using critical consultation, your first draft copy could disappear.
▪ In its draft version the report declares that market forces alone will not ensure more efficient use of energy.
▪ It is relevant to the agricultural sector and there are several references to environmental considerations in the draft proposal.
▪ The draft proposals tend to emphasize advisory structures and roles.
▪ The draft proposals were to be discussed with the trade unions and opposition parties before being submitted to the People's Assembly.
▪ The draft version for comment incorporates practices and interpretations that have become established over the years and includes some new provisions.
▪ The assembly divided itself into five committees and 26 sub-committees to dissect the 131 draft proposals it has received.
put up a proposal/argument/case etc
▪ In other days Managers would have put up an argument as to the folly of this approach by Management.
table a bill/measure/proposal etc
▪ At that time, Dole voted to table a measure that would have negated the Supreme Court ruling.
▪ Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.
▪ For example, by the drinks table Bill Muggeridge seemed to be trying to make up to Mrs Crumwallis.
table a proposal/question/motion etc
▪ Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.
▪ Even our own wets will summon up the courage to table a question or two.
▪ He has tabled a question on the issue for tomorrow's council meeting.
▪ If the hon. Gentleman wants to table a question or write to me, I shall be glad to enlarge upon that.
▪ The move came after a vote by regents indefinitely tabling a motion to rescind their July 20 vote revising admissions policies.
▪ The Umpires' Association had planned to table a motion giving an official vote of support for Lamb.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Did she accept his proposal?
▪ the President's budget proposals
▪ Their proposal to build a new airport has finally been rejected.
▪ Their role is to put forward proposals for change.
▪ They forwarded a list of proposals for the safe disposal of nuclear waste.
▪ They will consider our proposal at their next meeting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Eisenhower believed that if he moved ahead with such a proposal he would risk his own re-election later that year.
▪ Flat-tax proposals also have come from Rep.
▪ If the government's proposals on sites are implemented, these tensions will spiral.
▪ If the Opposition do not cost their proposals, we do.
▪ It was too clear that its lofty proposals had political implications.
▪ On Capitol Hill, reactions to Bush's proposals fell predictably along party lines.
▪ Statutory consultation is expected later this year after receipt of responses to these proposals from purchasers, providers, and professional bodies.
▪ Under his original proposal, much of the savings would have gone to the wealthy.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Proposal
Proposal \Pro*pos"al\, n. [From Propose.]
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.-
(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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
proposal
n. 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 (context legal English) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
WordNet
proposal
n. something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
an offer of marriage [syn: marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, marriage offer]
the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal" [syn: proposition]
Wikipedia
Proposal (business)
A business proposal is a written offer from a seller to a prospective buyer. Business proposals are often a key step in the complex sales process—i.e., whenever a buyer considers more than price in a purchase.
A proposal puts the buyer's requirements in a context that favors the seller's products and services, and educates the buyer about the capabilities of the seller in satisfying their needs.
The professional organization devoted to the advancement of the art and science of proposal development is the Association of Proposal Management Professionals.
Proposal
Proposal(s) or The Proposal may refer to:
- Proposal (business)
- Proposal (logic and philosophy) — proposition, a proposal in logic and philosophy.
- Proposal (marriage)
- Proposal (research)
- :Category: Proposals — all types
Usage examples of "proposal".
Testifiers will please state their affiliation, their position on the proposal, and then make their statement.
The additional costs of the educational proposals shown in the appendix to your White Paper are considerable, and no doubt this particular aspect will be assessed in relation to the various other parts of your programme.
To this proposal the Persian ministers at first assented, but they afterwards rejected it altogether.
This being consented to, the girl was produced from a cupboard under a beaufet in the dining-room, after a pair of shoes, which young Brownrigg had in his hand during the proposal, had been put upon her.
Every phrase in his letter seemed, to Bernard, to march in stout-soled walking-boots, and nothing could better express his attachment to the process of reasoning things out than this proposal that his friend should come and make a chemical analysis--a geometrical survey--of the lady of his love.
After this, of her own movement, she never spoke of Gordon, and Bernard made up his mind that she had promised her mother to accept him if he should repeat his proposal, and that as her heart was not in the matter she preferred to drop a veil over the prospect.
Neither Blanche nor the Captain offered any opposition to this proposal, and Bernard took leave of his hostess and joined Gordon, who had already passed into the antechamber.
Ever the able and resourceful organization man, Brose tabled the proposal for further consideration and appointed someone to form a subcommittee to look into it.
I feel sure that if the Venetian Government wrote to the Austrian Council of Commerce expressing their willingness to take two per cent henceforth, the proposal would be accepted, for we Austrians dislike novelties.
The judge had noted the increasing dependence of his client on the fair hypnotist, and the growing interest that she seemed to feel in him, and therefore showed some coolness toward the proposal to take her to Bellevale.
Twins, Eamonn and Grainne, when I accepted the proposal of the joint rulers of the Marquisate de Fhirze.
Another alternative is to accept the proposal of the Paladin Corporation to take over supervision of the contract granted to the Merryman Corporation.
But James was indignant at the base proposal, and felt mortified and vexed when obliged to concede in part, and to make conditions which he thought hard with his guest.
A shower of pamphlets appealed against him, and the city of London, where his influence had recently reigned paramount, mortified him, by declining repeated proposals of presenting him with an address on his appointment.
But Chamberlain and Halifax were most reluctant to violate Norwegian neutrality, and the proposal was for the time being dropped.