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