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land grant definition

☆ land grant

an appropriation of public land by the government for a railroad, state college, etc.
land-grant definition

☆ land·-grant (-grant′)

adjective

designating any of a number of colleges and universities originally given federal aid, esp. by land grants, on condition that they offer instruction in agriculture and the mechanical arts: they are now supported by the individual states with supplementary federal funds

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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