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

What will a new Reconstruction and a Marshall Plan for American democracy look like?

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

I talked briefly about the transformational effect of the Marshall Plan, through which the United States had given Europe the means to rebuild its shattered economies, and to re-establish the institutions of democracy.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

“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 • Dec. 28, 2025

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

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

Under the Marshall Plan billions of dollars of United States aid were poured into Britain, France, Belgium and West Germany.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott