单词 | subfarm |
释义 | > as lemmassubfarm subfarm v. Brit. /ˈsʌbfɑːm/ , U.S. /ˈsəbˌfɑrm/ transitive to subrent or sublet (land or property); to farm out (something) for a second or subsequent time.ΚΠ 1666 London Gaz. No. 42/2 The Farmers of his Majesties Revenue of the Hearth-Duty, intending to Sub-Farm several Counties. 1764 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) III. 224 The lands were perhaps subfarmed by individuals. 1890 Rep. Sel. Comm. Infant Life Protection Bill in Parl. Papers XIII. 87 A male person..was ‘farmed out’ when about a month old to one Jane Arnold... And she at once ‘sub-farmed’ him to one Jesse Chapman. 1990 J. R. Rush Opium to Java iii. 51 Liem Kie Soen kept one district..for himself, and subfarmed the others. < as lemmas |
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