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noun
advance, approach, beginning, bid, condicio, exordium, foreword, initiative, introduction, invitation, motion, offer, opening of negotiations, preamble, preface, preliminary, preliminary negotiation, prelude, presentation, proem, proffer, proposal, proposition, tender
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index
bid, invitation, preface, prelude, proposal (suggestion), proposition, threshold (commencement)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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