a detailed account or proposal of how something can be done or achieved
Accountants presented a plan for expanding the business
(also in pl) a proposed or intended course of action
If you have no plans for this evening, we could go to the cinema
a financial arrangement, esp one that is designed to give security in the future
a personal savings plan
a detailed map of an area, usu on a large scale
a plan of the city centre
a diagram or outline of something
This plan shows where the drainage will go
Here is the seating plan for the conference
a technical drawing in the horizontal plane of the structure of something, esp a building or a single floor of a building
said of an event, etc: to turn out as intended or arranged
If everything goes to plan, the baby will be born in April
a scheme for doing or achieving something in which all the elements have been decided in advance
the/one's most appropriate or sensible way of proceeding