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soil bank
noun
- a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones.
soil bank
noun
- (in the US) a federal programme by which farmers are paid to divert land to soil-enriching crops
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Other Words From
- soil-bank adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of soil bank1
First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences
But county officials were concerned about how higher water would affect the steep soil bank supporting the paved hike and bike trail.
From Washington Post
This same quality makes it great for holding soil banks together.
From Washington Post
Three tools that we have developed—improved surplus disposal, improved price support laws, and the soil bank—are working to reduce price-depressing government stocks of farm products.
From Project Gutenberg
I shall urge authorization of a soil bank program to alleviate the problem of diverted acres and an overexpanded agricultural plant.
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