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land bank

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.


land bank

noun

  1. a bank that issues banknotes on the security of property
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • land banking noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of land bank1

First recorded in 1690–1700
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Example Sentences

He founded a land bank which, according to contemporaries, was fairly successful and was united with that of John Briscoe in 1696.

These blessed effects the Land Bank was to produce simply by issuing enormous quantities of notes on landed security.

These men affirmed that the one cure for every distemper of the State was a Land Bank.

The sum expected from the Land Bank was near two million six hundred thousand pounds.

The Land Bank would advance more than two millions and a half at seven per cent.

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