Bible Dictionaries
Proposal

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Proposal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/proposal.html. 1828.