The phrase 'plaintiff's costs of the proceeding' in an offer of compromise settling a plaintiff's individual claim in a group proceeding encompasses all costs for which the plaintiff is liable, including costs of common questions, not merely the plaintiff's individual costs. A party drafting an offer of compromise in a group proceeding who intends to limit the costs component to the plaintiff's individual costs must use language that clearly expresses that limitation.
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