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farm

/fɑːɹm/

noun

Meaning

  • A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

  • A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.

  • (usually in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures

    "antenna farm"

  • A group of coordinated servers.

    "a render farm"

  • Food; provisions; a meal.

  • A banquet; feast.

  • A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax.

  • A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.

  • The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.

  • The body of farmers of public revenues.

  • The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.

verb

Meaning

  • To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.

  • To devote (land) to farming.

  • To grow (a particular crop).

  • 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; to farm out.

    "to farm the taxes"

  • To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.

  • To take at a certain rent or rate.

  • To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.