land grant

Speech parts

1. land grant - Noun

2. land grant - Adjective

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

land-grant

Synonyms

headright grants of land land concessions land transfer land transferred provision of land land concession transfer of land allocation of land allotment of land provide land granting land granting of land land allocation land grants

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Antonyms

sea

Hypernyms

grant assignment

Examples

We want people to realize you are at a design school, not a land grant college. The way we look says a great deal about who we are. James Hall

All four were original colonies or parts thereof (Kentucky was originally a part of the land grant of the Colony of Virginia ) and share a strong influence of colonial common law in some of their laws and institutions. Source: Internet

Any citizen who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government (including freed slaves after the fourteenth amendment ) and was at least 21 years old or the head of a household, could file an application to claim a federal land grant. Source: Internet

At the time of the land grant the Government stipulated that the ground was to be used for cricket and cricket only. Source: Internet

But it could also be popular with the barbarian prisoners, who were often delighted by the prospect of a land grant within the empire. Source: Internet

Committed to community, Iowa State pioneered the outreach mission of being a land-grant college through creation of the first Extension Service in 1902. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

land from the government land girl land grab land grants land guard land gull