The phrase "definite proposal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific, clear, and specific offer or suggestion made by someone. Example: The company's CEO presented a definite proposal for a new marketing strategy at the annual board meeting.
"We're in the middle of a planning process so it's too early to talk about any definite proposals," Mr. Andrea said.
Frank Rich argues ("We're Not in Florida Anymore," column, Nov. 9) that the American public would respond more favorably to the Democrats if they had concrete and definite proposals.
While the committee meeting in question, held last Wednesday, was described as convened to float ideas rather than commit to definite proposals, the briefings and counter-briefings – Treasury sources said the idea of a row was "nonsense" – hints at potentially significant tensions within the government over how to proceed.
We will not discuss experimental design here, as our paper was restricted to a model for statistical analysis, and explicitly excluded a discussion or definite proposals for experimental design (1, see p.2). Ward et al. agree with us that "taking proper account of natural variation amongst commercial varieties (genotypes) in the safety assessment of GM plants makes good sense".
I have shown that conservatives have very definite ideas and proposals to offer in the areas of gravest concern for the American people.
Of course even Russell believed that the presence of determiners was not the only sign that something was a definite description (consider his proposal that proper names were descriptions in disguise).
Callandra Cochrane of Citizens for Public Justice said that such a plan "has become an imperative in order to ensure the protection of victims and effectively combat human trafficking," but that Smith's proposal had "definite weaknesses that need to be strengthened".
A spokesman for Birmingham Council said: "At the moment these are proposals, not definite decisions.
The USA Protection of Human Subjects [ 22] reads as follows: §46.118 Applications and proposals lacking definite plans for involvement of human subjects.
