A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.
The terms or conditions proposed
A scheme or design
The document on which such a thing is written.
The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage