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proposal

 
/prəˈpoʊ·zəl/ n [C]

Definition

a suggestion for a possible plan or action: The president’s proposal was to tax a percentage of Social Security benefits for high-income people.
(Definition of proposal n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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