land-bank noun. ['landbaŋk] L17.
[from LAND noun¹ + BANK noun³.]
1. A bank which issues currency using land as security. L17.

2. In full federal land-bank. Any of a number of banks providing mortgages on farmland, financed by issuing public bonds. US. E20.

3. Commerce. The total amount of land accumulated and held by a private corporation or government body, esp. for future development; a corporation etc. accumulating land for development. M20.

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