railbanking
railbanking is the present participle and gerund of railbank.
Meaning of railbank
Verb
railbank (third-person singular simple present railbanks, present participle railbanking, simple past and past participle railbanked)
- To hold a disused railroad right of way in reserve, saving it for future repurposing or sale; this may include converting it into a rail trail for public use either in the meantime or in perpetuity.
- [T]he municipal government moved ahead with plans to railbank the 5-mile segment between Astoria and Tongue Point under the guidelines of the National Trail Systems Act.2004, Joseph P. Schwieterman, When the Railroad Leaves Town, page 223
Noun
railbanking (uncountable)
- The practice (by investment firms) of holding a disused railroad right of way in reserve rather than immediately redeveloping or selling it; this may include converting it into a rail trail for public use either in the meantime or in perpetuity.
Origin of railbanking
By surface analysis, rail + banking, or, by surface analysis, railbank + -ing.
Questions about railbanking
- What does railbanking mean?
- Railbanking means the practice (by investment firms) of holding a disused railroad right of way in reserve rather than immediately redeveloping or selling it; this may include converting it into a rail trail for public use either in the meantime or in perpetuity.
- What is railbanking the present participle and gerund of?
- Railbanking is the present participle and gerund of railbank.
- What part of speech is railbanking?
- Railbanking is a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: railbanking (page history and authors); railbank (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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