Marshalln.
/ˈmɑːʃl/, U.S. /ˈmɑrʃəl/ 1. Marshall Plan n. the European Recovery Program initiated by Marshall in 1947 to supply financial assistance to certain western European countries to further their recovery after the Second World War (1939–45). Also in extended use. Frequently attributive.In quot. 1958 used parasynthetically in marshall-planned adj.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [noun] > aid in want, pain, sickness, etc. > material aid > given by one country to another > specific
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1947 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Nov. 6/2 The special session was called..to begin congressional study of the long range Marshall plan.
1948 Life June 28/2 Marshall Plan money is not pouring into a hole totally surrounded by somnolent mice.
1958 Spectator 15 Aug. 233/3 The Marshall-planned reconstruction of Europe.
1975 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 25 Jan. 16/3 The United States is back in the business of propping up Europe, although by more sophisticated mechanisms than the straight-aid programs of the Marshall Plan.
1986 Ann. Reg. 1985 359 Making comparisons with the German reparations issue following World War I, he argued in August for a Marshall Plan for Latin America.
1999 Daily Tel. 10 June 17/1 Ministers from Europe, America, Russia and Japan were last night finalising details for what is being called the ‘Marshall Plan for the Balkans’.
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a. attributive. Of or relating to the Marshall Plan.
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1948 Observer 18 Apr. 4/6 The Paris conference of the 16—now, with the accession of the Western zones of Germany, 17—Marshall nations has made history.
1949 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Sept. 2 Before his recent swing around the Marshall countries.
1989 Guardian (Electronic ed.) (BNC) 13 Dec. Britain received $3.2billion of the $12.8 billion Marshall money.
b. Marshall aid n. funding provided under the Marshall Plan.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [noun] > aid in want, pain, sickness, etc. > material aid > given by one country to another > specific
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1949 Times 10 Sept. 5/7 Off-shore purchases, the name given to supplies to countries in receipt of Marshall aid, which are financed by Marshall aid but which do not come from the United States itself.
1950 Times 6 July 5/2 Marshall aid authorizations for Britain during the month were..the second largest sum earmarked in May.
1958 Listener 24 July 117/2 It looks..as though the United States are now beginning a new sort of Marshall Aid policy towards their southern neighbours.
1975 Times 9 May 16/7 In the postwar period most West Germans regarded America as the great good place, the magnanimous victor whose Marshall Aid raised them from the ruins.
1989 Listener 4 May 22/1 Suggestions that a kind of international Marshall Aid should be mounted for Poland and Hungary appear to have fallen on deaf ears.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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