land grant

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Noun land grant has 1 sense

land grant - a grant of public land (as to a railway or college)
--₁ is a kind of grant, assignment

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Land Grant

Definition:

Noun: A land grant is a piece of property that is given to an individual or an organization by the government or another entity.

Examples:

The university received a land grant from the state to establish a new campus.
The government issued land grants to settlers during the westward expansion.