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Land Grant

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Noun

1. land grant

a grant of public land (as to a railway or college)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Land Grant

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noun
1. US and Canadian
a grant of public land to a college, railway, etc
2. (modifier) US
designating a state university established with such a grant

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Land Grant

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an appropriation of public land by the government for a railroad, state college, etc.
adjective
designating any of a number of colleges and universities originally given federal aid, esp. by land grants, on condition that they offer instruction in agriculture and the mechanical arts: they are now supported by the individual states with supplementary federal funds

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Land Grant

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n.
A government grant of public land for a railroad, highway, or state college.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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