Noah Webster
Proposal
PROPO'SAL, noun s as z. [from propose.]
1. That which is offered or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design, terms or conditions proposed; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage; proposals for subscription to a loan or to a literary work.
2. Offer to the mind; as the proposal of an agreeable object.