the rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.-the term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.-the land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.-any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.-a district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.-a lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.-to lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.-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.-to take at a certain rent or rate.-to devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm.-to engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.