plan : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a retirement savings plan that is funded by employee contributions and (often) matching contributions from the employer; contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn, at which point they can be converted into an IRA; funds can be transferred if you change employers and you can (to some extent) manage the investments yourself
  401-k.
  

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• noun a hotel plan that includes three meals daily
  

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• noun scale drawing of a structure
  plan.
  
  • the plans for City Hall were on file

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• noun natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
  basal body temperature method.
  

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• noun plan for conducting a battle
  

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• noun a hotel plan that provides a full breakfast daily
  

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• (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length.

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• etc. See under Body, Floor, etc.

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• noun determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community
  town planning; city planning.
  

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• noun a municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in the members of a commission
  

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• noun a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily
  continental plan.
  

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• (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie.

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• (Geol.), planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.

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• noun a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer
  

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• noun a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company
  ESOP.
  

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• noun a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily
  continental plan.
  

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• noun limiting the number of children born
  birth control; birth prevention.
  

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• noun scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level; contrasts with elevation
  

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• . (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.

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• noun (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs
  
  • newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion
• noun (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport
  

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• noun a floor plan for the ground level of a building
  

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• (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an elevation or perpendicular section.

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• (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines.

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• noun a plan and a room rate for providing a room and meals to guests at a hotel
  hotel plan.
  

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• noun a system for paying for goods by installments
  installment plan; installment buying.
  

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• noun a tax-deferred pension plan for employees of unincorporated businesses or for self-employed persons
  

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• noun a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall
  European Recovery Program.
  

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• noun a long-term outline of a project or government function
  
  • the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development

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• noun a plan and a room rate for providing a room and meals to guests at a hotel
  hotel plan.
  

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• noun a hotel plan that includes breakfast and dinner (but not lunch)
  

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• noun any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle
  

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• (Dialing), planes which decline from the zenith, or incline toward the horizon.

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• adjective satellite (of rooms or buildings) having large rooms with few dividing partitions
  

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• noun natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus; ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery
  ovulation method.
  

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• noun a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
  retirement account; retirement program; pension plan; pension account; retirement plan; retirement savings account.
  

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• noun a plan for actively doing something
  

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• noun ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
  attack; approach.
  
  • his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons
  • an attack on inflation
  • his plan of attack was misguided

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• noun a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
  plane; planer.
  

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• noun a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents
  

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• noun a board appointed to advise the chief administrator
  advisory board.
  

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• noun a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments
  

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• noun a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
  retirement account; retirement program; pension plan; pension account; retirement plan; retirement savings account.
  

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• noun a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
  retirement account; retirement program; pension plan; pension account; retirement plan; retirement savings account.
  

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• noun a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
  plot; game.
  
  • they concocted a plot to discredit the governor
  • I saw through his little game from the start

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• (Shipbuilding), a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel.

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• noun an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock
  

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• noun a system for paying for goods by installments
  installment plan; installment buying.
  

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• noun determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community
  town planning; city planning.
  

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• noun a proposed route of travel
  itinerary.
  

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• noun the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities
  
• noun determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community
  town planning; city planning.
  

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• (Min.), subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place. They have in general very complex symbols.

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