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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
It was to be a kind of soil bank, though without the subsidy.
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