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ferm

/fɜː(ɹ)m/

ferm noun: rent for a farm.

Noun

ferm (countable and uncountable, plural ferms)

  1. (obsolete) rent for a farm
    • He let his land to ferm.
  2. (obsolete) a farm
  3. (obsolete) an abode or place of residence
    • Out of her fleshly ferme fled to the place of paine..1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of ferm

pluralferms

Origin of ferm

See farm.

Words that rhyme with ferm

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Questions about ferm

What does ferm mean?
Ferm means rent for a farm.
What part of speech is ferm?
Ferm is a noun.
How do you pronounce ferm?
Ferm is pronounced /fɜː(ɹ)m/.
What is the plural of ferm?
The plural of ferm is ferms.

Words near ferm in the dictionary

  1. ferlavirus
  2. ferlaviruses
  3. ferlin
  4. Ferlinghetti
  5. ferlins
  6. ferm
  7. fermagate
  8. Ferman
  9. Fermanagh
  10. Fermanian
  11. Fermanians

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