单词 | to have to farm |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (also hold, take) (out ,†forth) to (also †in) farm P2. to have (also hold, take) (out ,†forth) to (also †in) farm: to lease land or property for a fixed rent; (in later use chiefly) to have or obtain the privilege of collecting and retaining the revenues of a tax or duty in return for a fixed payment. Also in figurative and extended use. Now historical. [Compare Anglo-Norman receivre a ferme, tenir a ferme (13th cent. or earlier), post-classical Latin ad firmam accipere, ad firmam recipere, ad firmam tenere (from 11th cent. in British sources; from 12th cent. in continental sources).] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [verb (transitive)] > have in farm to have to farmc1390 c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 302 (MED) We wiþ muche cost gouerne þat lond þat we haue to ferme. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 2409 Ȝyf þou haue a þyng yn ferme. 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 115 The wich I hold to ferme of the mayster and couent. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 126 (margin) Quene Hithe taken of the king in farme. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 73 The Publicanes had Salt in farme. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II (1731) 141 That no bishop, clergyman, or monk, do take to farm any estate or office. 1971 Seanchas Ardmhacha 6 88 Primate Nicholas at one time held to farm the church of Drumcar. < as lemmas |
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