landbank
landbank noun: a bank which issues notes based on the security of landed property.
Noun
landbank (plural landbanks)
- 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
- An area of land held in reserve (by a house-building firm or investment firm) for future development, redevelopment, or sale.
Verb
landbank (third-person singular simple present landbanks, present participle landbanking, simple past and past participle landbanked)
- To hold an area of land in reserve pending future development, redevelopment, or sale.
Forms of landbank
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | landbanks |
| alternative form | land bank |
| alternative form | land-bank |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | landbanks |
| present participle | landbanking |
| past participle | landbanked |
| past | landbanked |
Origin of landbank
From land + bank.
Questions about landbank
- What does landbank mean?
- Landbank means a bank which issues notes based on the security of landed property.
- What part of speech is landbank?
- Landbank can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of landbank?
- The plural of landbank is landbanks.
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