recovery : Idioms & Phrases
Common recovery
(Law) , a species of common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America.
Webster 1913
european recovery program
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noun a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall
Marshall Plan.
WordNet
recovery room
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noun a hospital room for the care of patients immediately after surgery
