new deal
noun [ S ]
ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT (also New Deal) ukusthe New Deal
a set of actions taken by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, intended to help the economy when it was in great difficulty:
Roosevelt's New Deal cultural programs marked the U.S. government's first big, direct investment in cultural development.
a set of actions by the UK government designed to help the unemployed:
The scheme would cover the New Deal programmes for young people and for the long-term unemployed.