Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

request for proposal

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: re-quest -for pro-pos-al
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A formal publicly released document outlining a need and inviting businesses to submit plans to fulfill that need.

Inflected Forms

requests for proposal (plural)

Derived Forms

RFP

Phrases

request for comment request for comments request for information

Frequently Paired Words

request for comment request for comments request for information

Synonyms

request for proposals

Questions

What does request for proposal mean?: A formal publicly released document outlining a need and inviting businesses to submit plans to fulfill that need.

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