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scheme US English

a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect

color scheme US English

an arrangement or combination of colors, especially as used in interior decoration

Ponzi scheme US English

a form of fraud in which belief in the success of a nonexistent enterprise is fostered by the payment of quick returns to the first investors from money invested by later investors

rhyme scheme US English

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

pyramid scheme US English

a form of investment (illegal in the US and elsewhere) in which each paying participant recruits two further participants, with returns being given to early participants using money contributed by later ones

final salary scheme US English

a company pension scheme in which employees' pension payments are calculated according to their length of service and their salary at the time of retirement

Youth Training Scheme US English

a government-sponsored scheme introduced in Britain in 1983 to offer job experience and training for unemployed school-leavers

the scheme of things in scheme US English

a supposed or apparent overall system, within which everything has a place and in relation to which individual details are ultimately to be assessed

playscheme US English

a local project or scheme providing recreational facilities and activities for children for a certain period of time, typically during the school holidays

scheme English-French

projet m, plan m

scheme English-German

Anordnung

scheme2 English-Spanish

intrigar*

colour scheme English-French

couleurs, coloris m

pilot scheme English-French

projet-pilote

colour scheme English-German

Farb[en]zusammenstellung

colour scheme English-Italian

[combinazione

pilot scheme English-Italian

progetto m pilota inv

color scheme English-Spanish

(combinación

training scheme English-German

Ausbildungsprogramm

council scheme English-Italian

→ council estate

pension scheme English-Italian

piano m di pensionamento

incentive scheme English-Italian

piano m di incentivi

job creation scheme English-German

Beschäftigungsprogramm

graduate training scheme English-Italian

formazione f professionale postlaurea