farm bill
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- noun
- /fɑrm bɪl/
- Formal
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- But this time around, the Farm bill was stopped dead by political gridlock.
- a new farm bill
But there's ways in the farm bill that if we start to make changes, I think we can create even more constructive disruption.
- But there's ways in the farm bill that if we start to make changes, I think we can create even more constructive disruption.
Examples
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The food stamp program (SNAP) is the largest component of the farm bill, composing about 80 percent of its costs.
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So the farm bill is going to come up after the election?
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But they do the same thing with the farm bill year in and year out.
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But the question is: "What year?" You know, is there going to be a farm bill?
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And I think school lunch programs as well as the next farm bill and farmers markets will help provide some of the solutions to that.
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Any new farm bill will reduce the amount of money allocated to the program.
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Mr. Boehner said the House would deal with the farm bill after the election.
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The fact that the farm bill never reached a vote is 'exhibit A of a dysfunctional Congress.'
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The Democratic-controlled Senate passed its version of a new five-year farm bill earlier this year.
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This year's farm bill includes provisions to support sustainable agricultural practices.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a statute regulating agricultural production' is directly derivable from combining 'farm' (relating to agriculture) with 'bill' (a legislative proposal). This noun-noun compound follows a standard compositional pattern in English and is likely understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents and basic legislative vocabulary.
Etymology
The compound noun farm bill comes from a simple image: a bill meaning 'a proposed law' written about farm rules. Lawmakers write a farm bill to set prices, give money to farmers, and make rules about food, so the phrase means 'a law that controls farming and farm payments'.