- a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- land or water devoted to the raising of animals, fish, plants, etc.: a pig farm;an oyster farm;a tree farm.
- a site, usually commercial, where a product is manufactured or cultivated: a cheese farm;a honey farm.
- the system, method, or act of collecting revenue by leasing a territory in districts.
- a country or district leased for the collection of revenue.
- a fixed yearly amount payment of money or goods, accepted in lieu of taxes owed.
- a tract of land on which an industrial function is carried out, such as the drilling or storage of oil or the generation of electricity by solar power.
- a place or business that serves a specified type of client or customer: Sending people to so-called fat farms rarely increases their health.Gone are the days when inpatient mental health care was commonly referred to as the “funny farm.”
- a business or place that turns out specified products or services in the manner of a factory; a mill: an online content farm.
- English History.
- the rent or income from leased property.
- the condition of being leased at a fixed rent; possession under lease; a lease.
- a team in a minor league that is owned by or affiliated with a major-league team, for training or keeping players until ready or needed.
- a fixed yearly amount payable in the form of rent, taxes, or the like.
- to cultivate (land).
- to raise (animals, fish, plants, etc.) on land or in water.
- to take the proceeds or profits of (a tax, undertaking, etc.) on paying a fixed sum.
- to let or lease (taxes, revenues, an enterprise, etc.) to another for a fixed sum or a percentage (often followed by out).
- to let or lease the labor or services of (a person) for hire.
- to contract for the maintenance of (a person, institution, etc.): The county farms its poor.
- (in a video game) to collect (valuable items) for a character’s use or to sell in the game’s virtual economy by repeatedly performing a task for a reward or killing an enemy for a dropped item: I farm crafting supplies just to sell them at the auction house.
- to cultivate the soil; operate a farm.
- farm out,
- to assign (work, privileges, or the like) to another by financial agreement; subcontract; lease: The busy shipyard farmed out two construction jobs to a smaller yard.
- to assign the care of (a child or dependent person) to another: She farms her elderly aunt out to a retired nurse during the workweek.
- to assign (a player) to a farm.
- to exhaust (farmland) by overcropping.
- to drill (oil or gas wells), especially by subcontract on land owned or leased by another.
- to die or be killed.
- a tract of land, usually with house and buildings, cultivated as a unit or used to rear livestock
- (as modifier)
- (in combination)
- a unit of land or water devoted to the growing or rearing of some particular type of vegetable, fruit, animal, or fish
- an installation for storage
- a district of which one or more taxes are leased
- history
- a fixed sum paid by an individual or group for the right of collecting and retaining taxes, rents, etc
- a fixed sum paid regularly by a town, county, etc, in lieu of taxes
- the leasing of a source of revenue to an individual or group
- a fixed tax, rent, etc, paid regularly
- (tr)
- to cultivate (land)
- to rear (stock, etc) on a farm
- to engage in agricultural work, esp as a way of life
- to look after a child for a fixed sum
- to collect the moneys due and retain the profits from (a tax district, business, etc) for a specified period on payment of a sum or sums
- to operate (a franchise) under similar conditions
