landbank

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Etymology[edit]

land +‎ bank

Noun[edit]

landbank (plural landbanks)

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