land bank

American  

noun

1. a banking association that engages in the financing of transactions in real property, especially in agricultural land.

2. a parcel or parcels of land or real estate held in trust, as for future development.

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land bank British  

noun

1. a bank that issues banknotes on the security of property

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• land banking
  noun

Etymology

Origin of land bank

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

Still, the Bansals were established developers in Gurugram, with a large land bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Millrose Properties, a real estate investment trust, was spun off from Lennar and acts as a land bank for homebuilders.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Indeed, outer edges of lots around malls are now being regarded as a kind of land bank for future development.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Samolet is Russia's No.1 developer by the size of the land bank.

From Reuters • Nov. 29, 2021

The greenback movement of Ohio and the eastern part of the Middle West grew into the fiat money, free silver, and land bank propositions of the Populists across the Mississippi.

From The Frontier in American History by Turner, Frederick Jackson