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modified American plan

modified American plan

7.6
A hotel rate that includes breakfast and dinner but not lunch
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : plan americano modificado
  • When booking our stay, we chose the modified American plan that includes both breakfast and dinner.

Examples

  • You see, out of season like this we operate on the modified American plan.

    The Night of the Iguana (1964)

  • The hotel offers a modified American plan with complimentary breakfast and dinner for guests.

  • During our vacation, we decided to go with the modified American plan to enjoy meals at the hotel.

Surface Forms

modified American plan singular
modified American plans plural

Morphology

modified + American + plan

Superficially the phrase is compositional — 'modified' + 'American' + 'plan' suggests a changed version of an 'American plan' — so a learner can tell it’s a variant of some hotel pricing plan. However, the specific content (which meals are included) depends on hospitality jargon ('American plan' is a conventionalized term), so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not reliably derive the exact meaning without prior exposure or domain knowledge.

Etymology

Modified American plan comes from old hotel offers. An American plan once meant three meals a day, and a modified version left out lunch, so the price covers breakfast and dinner only.