an arrangement; ordered system; a plan or design (for work or activity)
course of action
Cases of word usage
1) the management of (especially public) money; to provide money for (an expedition, business, scheme etc) (finance)
2) to cause (a scheme etc) to start working (initiate)
3) an evil plot or scheme (machination)
4) (a plan for) a scheme or undertaking; (to cause something) to stand out beyond the surface; to cause (light, a shadow, a picture from a film etc) to fall on a surface (project)
5) to put energy, strength, into (workers, a scheme etc) (vitalize)