farm down
C1 formal separable transitive
In simple words
To make a farm smaller, or to sell part of an investment while keeping the rest.
Literal meaning: To bring a farm operation down in size.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To reduce the size or scope of a farming operation.
"After their youngest son moved to the city, they decided to farm down and sell half their cattle."
Grammar: separable
2 C1
idiomatic
formal
(Oil and gas finance) To sell a portion of a working interest to another party while retaining a share.
"The company farmed down 40% of its stake in the North Sea block to reduce exploration risk."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Used in two distinct contexts: (1) agriculture — reducing livestock or crop operations; (2) oil and gas finance — selling a percentage of a working interest to another party. The financial sense is highly specialised.
Commonly used with
operation acreage interest stake herd livestock
Forms
Base
farm down
I/you/we/they
3rd person
farms down
he/she/it
Past simple
farmed down
yesterday
Past participle
farmed down
have + pp
-ing form
farming down
continuous
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