" farm "

[Noun]  | "farm" | \ ˈfärm \

1: a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals

2: a letting out of revenues or taxes for a fixed sum to one authorized to collect and retain them

3: a district or division of a country leased out for the collection of government revenues

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English ferme, from Anglo-French, from fermer to fix, rent, from Latin firmare to make firm, from firmus firm;

[Noun]  | "farm team" 

1: a minor-league baseball team that is associated with a major-league team

[Noun]  | "collective farm" 

1: a farm especially in a Communist country formed from many small holdings collected into a single unit for joint operation under governmental supervision

Origin: 1925 ;

[Noun]  | "cube farm" 

1: an office in which employees work in cubicles

Origin: 1997 ;

[Noun]  | "factory farm" 

1: a large industrialized farm; especially : a farm on which large numbers of livestock are raised indoors in conditions intended to maximize production at minimal cost

Origin: 1851 ;

[Noun]  | "fat farm" 

1: a health spa that specializes in weight reduction

Origin: 1969 ;

[Noun]  | "fish farm" 

1: a commercial facility for raising aquatic animals for human food

Origin: 1865 ;

[Verb]  | "farm" 

1: rent

2: to collect and take the fees or profits of (an occupation or business) on payment of a fixed sum

3: to give up (something, such as an estate or a business) to another on condition of receiving in return a fixed sum

Origin: 15th century ;

[Verb]  | "farm out" 

1: to turn over for performance by another usually under contract

2: to put (someone, such as a child) into the hands of another for care

3: to send (an athlete, such as a baseball player) to a farm team

Origin: circa 1593 ;

[Plural noun]  | "farm animals" 

1: animals that are raised on a farm

[Noun]  | "farm" 

[Verb]  | "farm" 

[Phrase]  | "buy it" 

[Phrase]  | "bought it" 

[Phrase]  | "buys it" 

[Phrase]  | "buying it"