(especially in the former Soviet Union) a government plan for economic development over five years. The first such plan in the Soviet Union was inaugurated in 1928.
Example sentencesExamples
In 1928, Stalin replaced Lenin's New Economic Policy by the first Five-Year Plan.
But for all the prosperity that the new USSR has achieved under the leadership of someone who can personally fulfil a Five-Year Plan in minutes, vestiges of the old totalitarianism remain.
With the intensity of a Stalinist Five-Year Plan the Irish and African workers toil in conditions of ferocious heat.
Its first major initiative is the development of a Five-Year Plan based on a State-wide consultation with families and children.
Definition of five-year plan in US English:
five-year plan
nounˈˌfīv ˌyi(ə)r ˈplan
(especially in the former Soviet Union) a government plan for economic development over five years. The first such plan in the Soviet Union was inaugurated in 1928.
Example sentencesExamples
In 1928, Stalin replaced Lenin's New Economic Policy by the first Five-Year Plan.
But for all the prosperity that the new USSR has achieved under the leadership of someone who can personally fulfil a Five-Year Plan in minutes, vestiges of the old totalitarianism remain.
Its first major initiative is the development of a Five-Year Plan based on a State-wide consultation with families and children.
With the intensity of a Stalinist Five-Year Plan the Irish and African workers toil in conditions of ferocious heat.