Word Definition

Farm

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