Town vs Farm - What's the difference?
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A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
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Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
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A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
The residents (as opposed to (gown): the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
(label) (Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion).
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(label) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
(label) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
(label) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
(label) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
(obsolete) Food; provisions; a meal
(obsolete) A banquet; feast
(obsolete) A fixed yearly amount (food, provisions, money, etc.) payable as rent or tax
* 1642 , tr. J. Perkins, Profitable Bk. (new ed.) xi. §751. 329 :
* 1700 , J. Tyrrell, Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 814 :
* 1767 , W. Blackstone, Comm. Laws Eng. II. 320 :
(historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
* 1876 , E. A. Freeman, Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 439 :
(historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
* 1885 , Edwards in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 580:
The body of farmers of public revenues.
* 1786 , T. Jefferson, Writings (1859) I. 568 :
The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease
* a1599 , Spenser, View State Ireland in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) 58 :
* 1647 , N. Bacon, Hist. Disc. Govt. 75 :
* 1818 , W. Cruise, Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 68 :
A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation
A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock
(usually, in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures
(computing) A group of coordinated servers
To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
To devote (land) to farming.
To grow (a particular crop).
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; to farm out.
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(obsolete) To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To take at a certain rent or rate.
To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
* 2004', "Doug Freyburger", ''Pudding '''Farming Requires Care'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.roguelike.nethack )
* 2010 , Robert Alan Brookey, Hollywood Gamers (page 130)
As nouns the difference between town and farm
is that town is a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city while farm is a small boat; barque or farm can be farm (usually with reference to farms abroad).town
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(wikipedia town) (en noun)citation, passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.}}
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Usage notes
An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a town'' is considered urban. In urban areas, a ''town is considered suburban; a village in the suburbs.Derived terms
* boom town/boomtown * company town * county town * cow town * cross town/cross-town/crosstown * downtown * ghost town * go to town * hometown * in town * jerkwater town * man about town * market town * new town * on the town * one-horse town * only game in town * out of town * paint the town red * post town * satellite town * shanty town * shire town * skip town * small-town * talk of the town * toast of the town * town and gown * town ball * town car * town center/town centre * town-crier * townee * towner * town gas * town hall/townhall * town house/townhouse * townhome * townie * townland * townless * townlet * town planning * townsfolk * township * townsman * town square * town twinning * townwide * twin town * uptown * (town)See also
* urban * suburban * ruralStatistics
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* * 1000 English basic wordsfarm
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* (l) (historical) * (l) (obsolete) (wikipedia farm)Noun
(en noun)- If a man be bounden unto 1.s. in 100.l.£ to grant unto him the rent and farme of such a Mill.
- All..Tythings shall stand at the old Farm , without any Increase.
- The most usual and customary feorm or rent..must be reserved yearly on such lease.
- He [the Sheriff] paid into the Exchequer the fixed yearly sum which formed the farm of the shire.
- The first farm of postal income was made in 1672.
- They despair of a suppression of the Farm .
- It is a great willfullnes in any such Land-lord to refuse to make any longer farmes unto their Tennants.
- Thence the Leases so made were called Feormes' or ' Farmes , which word signifieth Victuals.
- The words demise, lease, and to farm let, are the proper ones to constitute a lease.
- fuel farm'''''; ''wind '''farm'''''; ''antenna '''farm
- a render farm'''''; ''a server '''farm
Verb
(en verb)- to farm the taxes
- to farm their subjects and their duties toward these
- We are enforced to farm our royal realm.
- When you hit a black pudding with an iron weapon that does at least one point of damage there is a good chance it will divide into two black puddings of the same size (but half the hit points IIRC). Since black puddings are formidible(SIC) monsters for an inexperienced character, farming is also a good way to die.
- The practice of gold farming is controversial within gaming communities and violates the end user licensing agreements