landbanking

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noun

The practice (by house-building firms or investment firms) of holding areas of land in reserve rather than immediately developing, redeveloping, or selling them.

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Meanings

nounlandbanking (uncountable)

alternative land banking

  1. uncountableThe practice (by house-building firms or investment firms) of holding areas of land in reserve rather than immediately developing, redeveloping, or selling them.
verb

alternative land banking

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of landbank

Origin

By surface analysis, land + banking, or, by surface analysis, landbank + -ing.

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APA

landbanking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landbanking

MLA

“landbanking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landbanking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “landbanking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landbanking.

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