land grant

noun

a tract of land given by the government, as for colleges or railroads.

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Origin of land grant

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby land grant

land flowing with milk and honey, land forces, land freeze, land girl, land grab, land grant, land in, land lane, land legs, land line, land measure

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Example sentences from the Web for land grant

What about human capital—public schools, land-grant colleges, student grants, and loans?
An Article That Made Me Sad, and a Little Response to Readers|Michael Tomasky|June 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But one little-known fact about the Ithaca university is that it is, in part, a land-grant state institution.
20 Colleges Worth the Price|Kathleen Kingsbury|March 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But you were deep in the land-grant lawsuits before you ever met Anne Clavering.
Mrs. Darrell|Foxcroft Davis
These are all land-grant colleges with donations from the respective States in which they are located.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920|Various

The price of all Government lands lying outside of the land-grant belts was $1.25 per acre.
The Railroad Question|William Larrabee
In its theory and its broad outline the land-grant policy is not hard to defend.
Higher Education and Business Standards|Willard Eugene Hotchkiss
The land-grant policy entailed corruption and waste, of course; but what mattered a few million acres of land!
Higher Education and Business Standards|Willard Eugene Hotchkiss

British Dictionary definitions for land grant

land grant

noun

US and Canadian a grant of public land to a college, railway, etc

(modifier) US designating a state university established with such a grant

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