Marshall Plan

proper noun

An American initiative to provide foreign aid to countries in Western Europe after World War II, in operation from 1948 to 1951.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalAn American initiative to provide foreign aid to countries in Western Europe after World War II, in operation from 1948 to 1951.

    All this has taken, and will take, time, but the Marshall Plan is resulting in speedier rehabilitation, especially of German railways.

    1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 338

Origin

Named after George C. Marshall.

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