land grant
land grant — noun
1. land that a government gives to a person, company, or organisation, usually to h
land that a government gives to a person, company, or organisation, usually to help pay for or support a project such as building a railway, a road, or a college
The government gave the railroad company a large land grant to help connect both coasts.
collocation: gave a land grant (verb + object)
Many public universities in the Midwest were established on land grants from the federal government.
passive: established on land grants
Naoko's farm started as a land grant from the local government a century ago.
Valentina is researching how land grants helped build railway networks across the American West.
The state turned the old land grant into a protected forest for future generations.
- land allocation
more administrative; focuses on the act of setting land aside for a purpose rather than the transfer of ownership
- government grant
broader — includes money or other resources, not just land
- land concession
implies a commercial or temporary arrangement, often with conditions attached