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plan

noun (DECISION)
 
 
/plæn/

Definition

A2 [C] a set of decisions about how to do something in the future: a company's business plan a negotiated peace plan a five-year plan holiday plans What are your plans for this weekend? [+ to infinitive] My plan is to hire a car when I arrive in America and travel about.Plans and arrangements [C] a type of arrangement for financial investment: a pension/savings planPlans and arrangementsFinancial investments and the stock market go according to plan to happen in the way you intend: Events of this type rarely go according to plan.Plans and arrangements
(Definition of plan noun (DECISION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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