land grant

noun

1. a tract of land given by the government, as for colleges or railroads.

land grant

noun

1. a grant of public land to a college, railway, etc
2. modifier designating a state university established with such a grant

Word History and Origins

Origin of land grant¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The 1890 version of the act extended land grants to the former Confederate states but through direct cash payments.

From Washington Post

The Morrill Act eventually changed all that, as several land-grant speakers at the Library of Congress emphasized.

From The Daily Beast

What about human capital—public schools, land-grant colleges, student grants, and loans?

From The Daily Beast

But one little-known fact about the Ithaca university is that it is, in part, a land-grant state institution.

From The Daily Beast

My great-great-great-grandpaw fit under Washington and got a big land-grant out here and come out from Old Virginny.

From Project Gutenberg

These are all land-grant colleges with donations from the respective States in which they are located.

From Project Gutenberg

The legislature will not meet until next month, when they will likely give the land grant to the company.

From Project Gutenberg

He built up his stupendous business without a land grant or a protective tariff.

From Project Gutenberg

And a land grant in Java that will make you rich for life if you make those hill tribes stick to their plantations?

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