Land Grant

Pronunciation: /lænd ɡrænt/

Definitions of land grant

noun a piece of land given by the government to an institution, organization, or individual

Example Sentences

A1 A land grant is a piece of land given by the government to someone.

A2 The settlers received a land grant to start their new community.

B1 The land grant provided by the king allowed the nobles to establish large estates.

B2 The land grant program helped to encourage westward expansion in the United States.

C1 The land grant university was established to promote education and research in agriculture.

C2 The land grant system in India has been instrumental in redistributing land to the rural poor.

Examples of land grant in a Sentence

formal The government issued a land grant to the settlers to establish a new colony.

informal My great-great-grandfather received a land grant when he first moved here.

slang Dude, did you hear about that guy who got a huge land grant from the state?

figurative Receiving the scholarship felt like a land grant for my future success.

Grammatical Forms of land grant

• plural: land grants
• comparative: more land grant
• superlative: most land grant
• present tense: land grant
• future tense: will land grant
• perfect tense: has land granted
• continuous tense: is land granting
• singular: land grant
• positive degree: land grant
• infinitive: to land grant
• gerund: land granting
• participle: land granted

Origin and Evolution of land grant

First Known Use: 1601 year

Language of Origin: English

Story behind the word: The concept of land grants dates back to ancient civilizations where rulers would grant land to individuals or groups as a reward or incentive.

Evolution of the word: Over time, the term 'land grant' has come to specifically refer to the granting of public land by a government or other authority for a specific purpose, such as education or settlement.