centralized plan

Meaning

1. 1nouncountable

   A plan or system in which a single central authority makes all the important decisions for an organization or country.

   Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a centralized plan' or 'centralized plans'. It is often used in political or business contexts.

   Patterns

   • a centralized plan for something
   • under a centralized plan
   • adopt a centralized plan

   The company introduced a centralized plan for all its branches, so every office now follows the same rules.

   Under the centralized plan, local managers had no power to change prices.

   Critics argued that a centralized plan would be too slow to respond to local needs.

Word forms

Common combinations

a centralized plan for

The government announced a centralized plan for health care.

under a centralized plan

Under a centralized plan, all decisions come from the head office.

adopt a centralized plan

The board decided to adopt a centralized plan for purchasing.

a highly centralized plan

They criticized the highly centralized plan as inflexible.

replace a centralized plan

The new director wanted to replace the centralized plan with local control.

Synonyms and how they differ

central plan

Shorter and more common in everyday speech; 'centralized' emphasizes the process of bringing control to the center.

command economy

A much broader term for an entire economic system, not just one plan.

Opposites

Word family

centralize verb

To bring control under a single center.

centralization noun

The act of bringing power or control to one central place.

centralized adjective

Controlled by one central authority.

Commonly confused: centralized plan or central plan?

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