Five-Year Plan

[fahyv-yeer]

Five-Year Plan

[fahyv-yeer]
noun (sometimes lowercase)
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:
1925–30; orig. probably as translation of Russian pyatilétka
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Five-year Plan is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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Five-Year Plan
 
n
(formerly in socialist economies) a government plan for economic development over a period of five years

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