new deal
noun[S]
ECONOMICS,GOVERNMENT(alsoNew Deal)ukusthe New Deal
a set ofactionstaken by USPresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s,intendedtohelptheeconomywhen it was ingreatdifficulty:
Roosevelt's New Dealculturalprogramsmarkedthe U.S. government's firstbig,directinvestmentinculturaldevelopment.
a set ofactionsby the UKgovernmentdesignedtohelptheunemployed:
TheschemewouldcovertheNew Dealprogrammesforyoungpeopleand for thelong-termunemployed.