Five-Year Plan

[fahyv-yeer]

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. any plan for national economic or industrial development specifying goals to be reached within a period of five years, especially as undertaken by the Soviet Union and China.

Five-Year Plan

noun

1. (formerly in socialist economies) a government plan for economic development over a period of five years

Word History and Origins

Origin of Five-Year Plan¹

1925–30; originally probably as translation of Russian pyatilétka

Related Words

• blueprint 
• scheme