Marshall Plan

English

Etymology

Named after George C. Marshall.

Proper noun

Marshall Plan

1. (historical) An American initiative to provide foreign aid to countries in Western Europe after World War II, in operation from 1948 to 1951.
   • 1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 338:

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