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counterplan

American  
[koun-ter-plan] / ˈkaʊn tərˌplæn /

noun

  1. an opposing plan.

  2. an alternative or substitute plan.


Etymology

Origin of counterplan

First recorded in 1780–90; counter- + plan

Example Sentences

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Only one other Middle East country, Saudi Arabia, has joined in Nasser's counterplan for a strictly Arab defense alliance.

From Time Magazine Archive

This threat of "government interference" spurred the California Medical Association, which for over ten years had been hatching health-insurance schemes, to announce a counterplan.

From Time Magazine Archive

But a fortnight ago Tsarapkin came back with a counterplan that carried the ring of compromise.

From Time Magazine Archive

Naguib's counterplan: a stiff electoral reform law, excluding men of "known dishonesty" from political office.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, he thought, to work out a counterplan: what will I do if the gods weave a net like this one?

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman