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soil bank

noun

  1. a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones.


soil bank

noun

  1. (in the US) a federal programme by which farmers are paid to divert land to soil-enriching crops
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

This same quality makes it great for holding soil banks together.

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.

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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