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European plan

American  

noun

  1. (in hotels) a system of paying a fixed rate that covers lodging and service but not meals. EP


European plan British  

noun

  1. a hotel rate of charging covering room and service but not meals Compare American plan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of European plan

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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The European plan is likely to include Germany, which had until now been publicly reluctant to even contemplate any military involvement, according to a senior German official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Yet a European plan to merely use the interest on the Russian funds would provide only a trickle of money every year — some $2.5 billion-$3 billion at current interest rates.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

Many have called the bear to be captured and demanded changes to a European plan called "Life Ursus" which is aimed at reintroducing brown bears in the Alps.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023

The European plan includes construction of two new factories in Magdeburg, Germany, a city between Berlin and Hanover.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2022

Mars'r, I hab been made a free man by Mars'r Lincoln, and hab opened a Refreshment Saloon on de European plan.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Robert H. Newell

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