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ferm

/fɜː(ɹ)m/

noun

rent for a farm

“He let his land to ferm.”

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Meanings

nounferm (countable and uncountable, plural ferms)

plural ferms

countableobsoleteuncountablerent for a farm
He let his land to ferm.
countableobsoleteuncountablea farm
countableobsoleteuncountablean 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

Origin

See farm.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ferm

term firm confirm worm affirm perm erm therm infirm derm berm herm squirm wyrm chirm degerm deperm Mongolian death worm ribbon worm

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APA

ferm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferm

MLA

“ferm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferm. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ferm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferm.

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