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The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of
part of its products. |
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The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a
leasehold. |
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The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the
purpose of cultivation. |
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Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes,
under the management of a tenant or the owner. |
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A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the
collection of the revenues of government. |
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A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the
sugar farm, the silk farm. |
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To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to
yield the use of to proceeds. |
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To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the
revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what
it yields; as, to farm the taxes. |
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To take at a certain rent or rate. |
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To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to
till, as a farm. |
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To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as
a farmer. |