sovkhoz


sov·khoz

S0593500 (sŏf-kôz′, sôv-KHôz′)n. A state-owned farm that paid wages to workers in the former Soviet Union.
[Russian, short for sovetskoe khozyaĭstvo, soviet farm.]

sovkhoz

(sɒfˈkɒz; Russian safˈxɔs) n, pl, sovkhozy (sɒfˈkɒzɪ; Russian safˈxɔzi) 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the former Soviet Union) a large mechanized farm owned by the state2. (Agriculture) (in the former Soviet Union) a large mechanized farm owned by the state[C20: Russian, from sovetskoe khozyaistvo soviet economy]