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land bank

land bank is the alternative form of landbank.

Meaning of landbank

Noun

landbank (plural landbanks)

  1. A bank which issues notes based on the security of landed property.
    • To establish a current circulating credit upon any Land-bank […] has hitherto proved difficult.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, page 340
  2. An area of land held in reserve (by a house-building firm or investment firm) for future development, redevelopment, or sale.

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Forms of land bank

pluralland banks

Questions about land bank

What is land bank the alternative form of?
Land bank is the alternative form of landbank.

Words near land bank in the dictionary

  1. land agents
  2. land ahoy
  3. land art
  4. land artist
  5. land artists
  6. land bank
  7. land banking
  8. land banks
  9. land battleship
  10. land battleships
  11. land before time

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