business plan

noun

A summary of how a business owner, manager, or entrepreneur intends to organize an entrepreneurial endeavor and implement activities necessary and sufficient for the venture to succeed.

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Meanings

nounbusiness plan (plural business plans)

plural business plans

  1. businessA summary of how a business owner, manager, or entrepreneur intends to organize an entrepreneurial endeavor and implement activities necessary and sufficient for the venture to succeed.

    "Since I've been here, I've been given a fairly free hand by the GCR board to get on with things, properly understand the organisation from a different perspective, and develop a new business plan for the future," he tells RAIL.

    2023 August 23, Malcom Holmes tells Paul Stephen, “A mission to develop GCR's legacy”, in RAIL, number 990, page 38

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 商業計劃 /商业计划, 商業計劃書 /商业计划书
  • 商業計劃 /商业计划 (shāngyè jìhuà)summary
  • 商業計劃書 /商业计划书 (shāngyè jìhuàshū)summary
  • 經營計劃 /经营计划 (jīngyíng jìhuà)summary
Czech podnikatelský záměr
  • podnikatelský záměrsummary
Danish forretningsplan
  • forretningsplansummary
Dutch ondernemingsplan
  • ondernemingsplansummary
Estonian äriplaan
  • äriplaansummary
Finnish liiketoimintasuunnitelma
  • liiketoimintasuunnitelmasummary
French business plan, plan d'affaires
  • business plansummary
  • plan d'affairessummary
German Geschäftsplan
  • Geschäftsplansummary
Greek επιχειρηματικό σχέδιο
  • επιχειρηματικό σχέδιο (epicheirimatikó schédio)summary
Hungarian üzleti terv
  • üzleti tervsummary
Italian business plan
  • business plansummary
Norwegian businessplan
  • businessplansummary
Polish biznesplan
  • biznesplansummary
Portuguese plano de negócios
  • plano de negóciossummary
Russian би́знес-пла́н
  • би́знес-пла́н (bíznes-plán)summary
Slovak podnikateľský plán
  • podnikateľský plánsummary
Swahili mpango wa biashara
  • mpango wa biasharasummary
Swedish affärsplan
  • affärsplansummary
Ukrainian бі́знес-пла́н
  • бі́знес-пла́н (bíznes-plán)summary
Cite this entry
APA

business plan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/business%20plan

MLA

“business plan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/business%20plan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “business plan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/business%20plan.

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