Galveston plan

noun

1. commission plan.

Galveston plan

/ ˈɡælvɪstən /

noun

1. another term for commission plan

Word History and Origins

Origin of Galveston plan¹

After Galveston, the first U.S. city to adopt such a plan

Example Sentences

The Galveston Plan became a model for the nation.

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The Galveston Plan thus stands — with the imposition of the poll tax in 1901 and the white primary in 1923 — as a signal event in Texas’s disfranchisement of African Americans.

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The Chile/Galveston Plan Gingrich’s social security plan, as he reminded a debate audience on Nov. 23, is “based on Chile and based on Galveston, Texas.”

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Herman Cain, the former pizza executive, has also spoken approvingly of the Galveston plan in several Republican presidential debates.

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The Galveston plan’s total contribution rate is 13.9 percent of the payroll, with 6.1 percent coming from each worker, and 7.8 percent from the county — or, more specifically, its taxpayers.

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