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    Farm
    /färm/

    noun

    • 1. an area of land and its buildings used for growing crops and rearing animals, typically under the control of one owner or manager: "a farm of 100 acres"

    verb

    • 1. make one's living by growing crops or keeping livestock: "he has farmed organically for five years" Similar be a farmerpractice farmingcultivate/till/work the landtill the soil
    • 2. allow someone to collect and keep the revenues from (a tax) on payment of a fee: historical "the customs had been farmed to the collector for a fixed sum"
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  3. 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.

  4. Definition of farm noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. farm. noun. /fɑːm/ /fɑːrm/ Idioms. an area of land, and the buildings on it, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals. a 200-hectare farm. a dairy farm. an organic farm. a pig/sheep/poultry farm. He runs the farm on his own. on a farm to live on a farm.

  5. noun [ C ] uk / fɑːm / us. Add to word list. A1. an area of land with fields and buildings that is used for growing crops and keeping animals as a business: a dairy farm. farm animals / buildings. Fewer examples. farm workers. I grew up on a farm. He has a 200-acre farm. She works on a farm. He runs an organic farm. farm. verb [ I, T ]

  6. From Longman Business Dictionary farm1 /fɑːmfɑːrm/ noun [ countable] 1 an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals as a business a 3000-hectare maize farm Farm exports account for 70% of New Zealand’s exports. a dairy farm (=one producing milk and milk products) → co-operative farm truck farm 2 a place where ...

  7. 4. Conceptual Issues: Defining Farming, Farms, Farmers, and Agriculture. In this chapter, we identify and clarify definitions and concepts used in the measurement of the farm economy and propose alternatives that may be more useful for measuring the activities of complex operations.

  8. May 4, 2024 · A farm is an area of land, together with the buildings on it, that is used for growing crops or raising animals, usually in order to sell them. Farms in France are much smaller than those in the United States or even Britain. 2. countable noun.

  9. noun. 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.

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