Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - farm
Farm
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n. & v. --n. 1 an area of land and its buildings used under one management for growing crops, rearing animals, etc. 2 a place or establishment for breeding a particular type of animal, growing fruit, etc. (trout-farm; mink-farm). 3 = FARMHOUSE. 4 a place for the storage of oil or oil products. 5 = sewage farm. --v. 1 a tr. use (land) for growing crops, rearing animals, etc. b intr. be a farmer; work on a farm. 2 tr. breed (fish etc.) commercially. 3 tr. (often foll. by out) a delegate or subcontract (work) to others. b contract (the collection of taxes) to another for a fee. c arrange for (a person, esp. a child) to be looked after by another, with payment. 4 tr. let the labour of (a person) for hire. 5 tr. contract to maintain and care for (a person, esp. a child) for a fixed sum. Phrases and idioms farm-hand a worker on a farm. Derivatives farmable adj. farming n. Etymology: ME f. OF ferme f. med.L firma fixed payment f. L firmus FIRM(1): orig. applied only to leased land
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ferme, from Anglo-French, from fermer to fix, rent, from Latin firmare to make firm, from firmus firm Date: 14th century a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals, a letting out of revenues or taxes for a fixed sum to one authorized to collect and retain them, a district or division of a country leased out for the collection of government revenues, a tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, 5. a plot of land devoted to the raising of animals and especially domestic livestock, a tract of water reserved for the artificial cultivation of some aquatic life form , a minor-league team (as in baseball) associated with a major-league team as a subsidiary, an area containing a number of similar structures or objects (as radio antennas or storage tanks), II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb rent, to collect and take the fees or profits of (an occupation or business) on payment of a fixed sum, to give up (as an estate or a business) to another on condition of receiving in return a fixed sum, 4. to devote to agriculture, to manage and cultivate as a ~, to grow or cultivate in quantity , intransitive verb to engage in raising crops, animals, or fish ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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