Marshall Plan
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- proper noun
- /ˈmɑːrʃəl plæn/
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Plan Marshall
- Certainly, the Marshall Plan was an ambitious effort to rebuild Europe and save democracy there.
- Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe
- launched the Marshall Plan
- Marshall Plan aid
The terms of the Marshall Plan stated that European countries receiving aid would have to accept American investment and import American goods.
- The terms of the Marshall Plan stated that European countries receiving aid would have to accept American investment and import American goods.
Examples
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Implemented in 1948, the Marshall Plan provided essential financial support for the reconstruction of Western Europe.
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"The United States government offered the Marshall Plan to all European countries."
Fiction book (1999) -
The Marshall Plan was launched in part also because Europe was broke and could not buy the products.
Academic text (1997) -
The terms of the Marshall Plan stated that European countries receiving aid would have to accept American investment and import American goods.
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The USA, through the Marshall Plan, helped rebuild Europe, and a similar effort went on in Japan.
Blog text (5) -
The Marshall Plan was a civilian development initiative undertaken with European governments.
Academic text (2010) -
The Marshall Plan, for example, revitalized economies, diplomacy, and societal confidence in Western Europe following World War II.
Academic text (2011) -
The Marshall Plan was a critical initiative that helped European countries recover economically after World War II.
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Many historians credit the success of the Marshall Plan with stabilizing Western Europe during the post-war period.
Synonyms
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A United States program from 1948 to 1952 that gave money to rebuild Europe after World War II
Surface Forms
Morphology
Marshall + plan
The phrase is an eponymous proper name plus the noun 'plan'; knowing 'Marshall' only indicates a person/name and 'plan' indicates a program, but does not convey the specific historical, political, and large-scale aid meaning. A B1 learner who knows the words but lacks cultural/historical knowledge would not be able to derive that it refers to the specific 1948–1952 U.S. aid program, so the expression is not compositionally transparent.
Etymology
Marshall Plan is named after US leader George C. Marshall, who in 1947 gave a public speech proposing a large, organised plan to send money and goods to help rebuild Europe after World War II. That's why the term refers to that specific US program 'of economic aid' to rebuild Western Europe.