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railbanking en · NOUN
Etymology
By surface analysis, rail + banking, or, by surface analysis, railbank + -ing.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The practice (by investment firms) of holding a disused railroad right of way in reserve rather than immediately redeveloping or selling it; this may include converting it into a rail trail for public use either in the meantime or in perpetuity.
Hypernyms
landbanking
railbanking en · VERB
Etymology
By surface analysis, rail + banking, or, by surface analysis, railbank + -ing.
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of railbank
Federal legislation regarding railbanking provides for interim public use of the corridor, allowing the establishment of recreational trails.
2001, Charles A. Flink, Kristine Olka, Robert M. Searns, Trails for the Twenty-First Century, page 183: