tenant farm

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• Tenant-right — is a term in the common law system expressing the right to compensation which a tenant has, either by custom or by law, against his landlord for improvements at the termination of his tenancy.In England, it is governed for the most part by the… …   Wikipedia

• Farm — Farm, n. [OE. ferme rent, lease, F. ferme, LL. firma, fr. L. firmus firm, fast, firmare to make firm or fast. See {Firm}, a. & n.] 1. The rent of land, originally paid by reservation of part of its products. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. The term or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Farm Security Administration — Initially created as the Resettlement Administration in 1935 as part of the New Deal, the Farm Security Administration was an effort during the Depression to combat rural poverty. The FSA stressed rural rehabilitation efforts to improve the… …   Wikipedia

• tenant farming — Agricultural system in which landowners rent their land to farmers and receive either cash or a share of the product in return. Landowners may also contribute operating capital and management. Under one arrangement, known as sharecropping, the… …   Universalium

• Farm — For other uses, see Farm (disambiguation). Farmland in the USA. The round fields are due to the use of center pivot irrigation …   Wikipedia

• farm management — ▪ agriculture Introduction       making (industrial engineering) and implementing of the decisions (agribusiness) involved in organizing and operating a farm for maximum production and profit. Farm management draws on agricultural economics for… …   Universalium

• farm building — ▪ agriculture Introduction       any of the structures used in farming operations, which may include buildings to house families and workers, as well as livestock, machinery, and crops.       The basic unit of commercial agricultural operation,… …   Universalium

• Farm Security Administration — Die Farm Security Administration (FSA) wurde 1937 als Nachfolgerin der Resettlement Administration (RA) während der Politik des New Deal unter Franklin D. Roosevelt gegründet. Ihr Ziel war es den Kleinbauern und der armen Landbevölkerung zu… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• farm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ranch, rancho, plantation, farmstead, grange. See abode. v. cultivate, till. See agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plantation, ranch, homestead, field, grange, pasture, meadow, grassland, truck… …   English dictionary for students

• farm crossing — A passage across, under, or over a railroad track running across a farm, for the use and convenience of the proprietor or tenant of the farm. Wheeler v Rochester & Syracuse Railroad Co. (NY) 12 Barb 227, 230 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• tenant — 01. One of the [tenants] in the apartment block beside ours caused a fire that destroyed the entire building. 02. The [tenants] in the building are complaining that the landlord is taking too long to make repairs. 03. The new [tenants] of… …   Grammatical examples in English