soil bank

noun

1. a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones.

soil bank

noun

1. (in the US) a federal programme by which farmers are paid to divert land to soil-enriching crops

Other Words From

• soil-bank adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of soil bank¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

It was to be a kind of soil bank, though without the subsidy.

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