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Meaning Of Farm

  1. a. & n.
    The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.
  2. a. & n.
    The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.
  3. a. & n.
    The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.
  4. a. & n.
    Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.
  5. a. & n.
    A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.
  6. a. & n.
    A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.
  7. v. t.
    To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
  8. v. t.
    To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes.
  9. v. t.
    To take at a certain rent or rate.
  10. v. t.
    To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.
  11. v. i.
    To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.



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