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