land bank
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noun
a banking association that engages in the financing of transactions in real property, especially in agricultural land.
a parcel or parcels of land or real estate held in trust, as for future development.
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Origin of land bank
First recorded in 1690–1700
Related formsland banking, noun
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Examples from the Web for land bank
You mean that you want to buy the land through the land-bank.
Fruits of Culture|Leo TolstoyAll the funds for this year proved defective: the land-bank failed, and the national bank sustained a rude shock in its credit.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett
British Dictionary definitions for land bank
land bank
noun
a bank that issues banknotes on the security of property
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