Five-Year Plan: Meaning and Definition of

Five'-Year Plan'

Pronunciation: (fīv'yēr"), [key]
— (sometimes l.c.)
  1. any plan for national economic or industrial development specifying goals to be reached within a period of five years, esp. as undertaken by the Soviet Union and China.
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