Marshall Plan

American  

noun

1. European Recovery Program.

2. Informal. any comprehensive program for federally supported economic assistance, as for urban renewal.

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Marshall Plan British  

noun

1. Official name: European Recovery Programme.  a programme of US economic aid for the reconstruction of post-World War II Europe (1948–52)

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Marshall Plan Cultural  

1. A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II. It was proposed by the United States secretary of state, General George C. Marshall.

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Example Sentences

“NATO came to be seen as the necessary military escort for Marshall aid. The two went together,” said Steil, who wrote a book on the Marshall Plan.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Marshall Plan, by comparison, was 1% of gross domestic product a year.

From Barron's

Financial journalist Patrick McGee estimates that Apple alone invested $275 billion over five years in China—an amount, in real terms, twice that of the Marshall Plan.

From The Wall Street Journal

Abroad, this took the form of massive European rebuilding investment, the Marshall Plan.

From The Wall Street Journal

The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, was a lineal descendant of the Marshall Plan and an embodiment of soft power.

From Salon