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Galveston plan

American  
Galveston plan British  
/ ˈɡælvɪstən /

noun

  1. another term for commission plan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Galveston plan

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

Example Sentences

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Des Moines, Iowa, added to the Galveston plan the initiative, the referendum, and the recall, put in force a merit system for subordinate officials, and adopted the non-partisan open primary.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch

It will be noticed that this narrows down the meaning of the term to something like the Des Moines system, as distinguished from the Galveston plan.

From The Making of Arguments by Gardiner, J. H.

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