Marshall Plan

noun

1. European Recovery Program.
2. Informal. any comprehensive program for federally supported economic assistance, as for urban renewal.

Marshall Plan

noun

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

Marshall Plan

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 .

Example Sentences

Next to his bonkers plan for a disastrous regime of tariffs, her $50,000 tax deduction for business startups reads like the Marshall Plan.

From Salon

He had previously said that the state will need a “kind of ‘Marshall Plan’ to be rebuilt.”

From Seattle Times

And only one new water borehole, delivering a few hundred cubic meters per day, has been put into service so far as part of an ambitious “Marshall Plan” for water announced in September.

From Seattle Times

As recently as Jan. 28, Smith, chair of the House subcommittee on global health, global human rights and international organizations, praised the program as “the most successful U.S. foreign aid program since the Marshall Plan.”

From Los Angeles Times

Ukraine is seeking up to $40 billion to fund the first part of a "Green Marshall Plan" to rebuild its economy, including developing a coal-free steel industry, a senior Ukrainian official said before the conference.

From Reuters