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

The brokerage maintains the stock’s hold rating, but raises the target price to S$0.062 from S$0.047 to reflect the underlying values of the healthcare services provider’s land bank in Johor, Malaysia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The company effectively 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

City officials transferred ownership of vacant properties to a land bank that works with developers to fix and sell the houses, Rago said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2021

This authorizes the establishment of a land bank, with power to lend on the security of farming lands, for buying farms and for productive improvements, and to issue bonds to be sold to investors.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert