🏡 An agricultural place 🌱 To grow or raise 💰 To collect fees 🪙 To earn with crypto

to farm

2 9.9

To collect taxes or fees for someone after paying a fixed amount

verb
/fɑrm/

Archaic

: arrendar

She took over many of the financial functions that were once farmed out to an accountant, which saved money, Coe says.

Sold a bunch of put contracts to farm as much yield as I could while volatility was spiking and some of these stocks fell to record lows intra year.

Examples

The governor decided to farm out the collection of tolls to a private company for a fixed annual fee.
In the 18th century, many aristocrats chose to farm the tax collection rights from the local peasants.
I offered to farm the work out to another writer for a lower rate.

Blog text (10)
Well, when you farm out policymaking to the masses, that's to be expected, right?

Blog text (34)
Back then, when the Sandinista government expanded the public education system, they farmed almost all of the nation's schools out to churches to run.

Academic text (2007)
Historically, some merchants would farm the privilege to collect rents from landlords in exchange for a set payment.

Idioms

to buy the farm

Slang

6 9.9

To die suddenly, often in an accident or during fighting

Phrasal Verbs

to farm out

11 4.9

To pay another person or company to do work for you

Compounds

farm animal

29 1.0

An animal kept on a farm for food or work such as cows and chickens

farm worker

27 1.1

A person who works on a farm doing jobs like planting or harvesting

farm boy

26 1.7

A boy who grew up living and working on a farm

farm bill

Formal

19 3.7

A law that sets rules and payments for farming and food prices

wind farm

Specialized

19 3.7

An area of land or sea with many tall machines that make electricity from wind

dairy farm

14 1.8

A farm where cows are kept to produce milk and make cheese and butter

farm girl

9 2.3

A girl who grew up on a farm and helps care for animals and plants

factory farm

8 3.5

A very large place where people keep many animals in small spaces to make meat, milk, or eggs

fish farm

8 2.7

A place where people raise fish in tanks or ponds for food

pig farm

8 1.4

A place where people keep and raise pigs for meat

collective farm

Archaic

5 6.3

A large farm where many people work together, usually run by the government

farm-to-table

4 4.1

Food that comes directly from local farms with few middle sellers

chicken farm

4 1.9

A place where people raise chickens for meat or eggs

funny farm

Slur

4 9.9

A hospital for people with serious mental health problems

fat farm

Offensive

3 8.4

An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise

tree farm

3 3.0

An area where people grow trees to sell for wood or as Christmas trees

farm team

Jargon

2 4.0

A minor-league team that trains young players for a major team

prison farm

2 6.8

A place in the countryside where people who broke the law live and work on farms

pot farm

NSFW

2 8.1

A place where people often secretly grow marijuana

cattle farm

2 1.6

A farm where cows are raised for meat, milk or other products

stud farm

2 4.0

A farm where people breed horses, often for racing

farm club

Jargon

1 5.4

A small sports team owned by a big team to train players

tank farm

Specialized

1 5.1

An area of land where large metal containers store oil or other liquids

farm machine

1 2.7

A vehicle like a tractor that helps plow, plant, or harvest crops on a farm

home farm

Archaic

1 4.2

A farm near a large house that supplies it with food

farm building

1 2.0

A building on a farm used to keep animals, crops, or farm tools

farm horse

1 1.8

A strong calm horse that works on a farm

farm cheese

1 3.0

A mild white cheese made on small farms from the solid part of sour skim milk

truck farm

1 5.3

A farm that grows vegetables and other food to sell at markets

sewage farm

NSFW

1 6.7

A farm where people use waste water to water and fertilize crops

Farm Credit System

Specialized

1 4.2

A group of banks owned by farmers that lend money to farms

clip farm

Jargon

8.1

A company that makes many short social media videos

farm nigger

Slur

9.9

An extremely offensive insulting word for Black people originally used for farm workers

Surface Forms

farm infinitive

farmed past

farmed past participle

farming present participle

farms third person singular

Etymology

Farm originally meant getting a 'fixed payment' or rent from land, so in earlier times to farm could mean to collect fees or taxes for someone else. The idea of a set payment explains this historical meaning.