Plan

What “Plan” means

Noun

1. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
2. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
3. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
4. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
5. A subscription to a service.

Verb

1. To design (a building, machine, etc.).
2. To create a plan for.
3. To intend.
4. To make a plan.

Where the word comes from

Borrowed from French plan (“flat surface, ground plot, map”), from Latin plānus. Some sources also argue for influence or alteration of French plant, from plantar, from Latin plantāre (“set, fix in place”). Doublet of llano, piano, plane, and plain.

Business name ideas with “Plan”

Industries where “Plan” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• Architecture Firm
• Event Planning Business
• Architectural Services
• Convention and Trade Show Organizers