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Marshall Plan

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

 
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a plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II, proposed by U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall in 1947 and implemented in 1948 under the Economic Cooperation Administration. Abbreviation: ERP, E.R.P.
Also called Marshall Plan.
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Marshall Plan

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.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Marshall plan 
1947, named for its initiator, George C. Marshall (1880-1959), U.S. Secretary of State 1947-49.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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