Experts say the earliest meaning of the English word farm was a yearly payment made as a tax or rent. Farmers in early England did not own their land. They paid every year to use agricultural lands.专家称，farm这个词最早的意思是每年要支付的租金或税收。早期的英格兰，农民没有自己的土地。他们需要每年缴纳费用来使用农田。
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