LAND GRANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does land grant mean? 

• LAND GRANT (noun)
  The noun LAND GRANT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LAND GRANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAND GRANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("land grant" is a kind of...):

assignment; grant ((law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance)