farm
/fɑːɹm/
Dictionary
noun
- 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
- 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.
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