Five-Year Plan

[ fahyv-yeer ]
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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.

Origin of Five-Year Plan

1
1925–30; originally probably as translation of Russian pyatilétka

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How to use Five-Year Plan in a sentence

  • It was made more acute by the fact that the association is embarking on a "five-year-plan" of some importance.

    Gone Fishing | James H. Schmitz

British Dictionary definitions for Five-Year Plan

Five-Year Plan

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

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