Main Entry:: ¹farm
Pronunciation:: \ˈfärm\
Function:: 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

1obsolete : a sum or due fixed in amount and payable at fixed intervals2: a letting out of revenues or taxes for a fixed sum to one authorized to collect and retain them3: a district or division of a country leased out for the collection of government revenues4: a tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes5 a: a plot of land devoted to the raising of animals and especially domestic livestock b: a tract of water reserved for the artificial cultivation of some aquatic life form <a fish farm>6: a minor-league team (as in baseball) associated with a major-league team as a subsidiary7: an area containing a number of similar structures or objects (as radio antennas or storage tanks)

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