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collective farm
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collective farm
n.
A farm or a group of farms organized as a unit and managed and worked cooperatively by a group of laborers under state supervision, especially in a communist country.
collective farm
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community Russian name kolkhoz
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Noun1.collective farm - a farm operated collectively
collective - members of a cooperative enterprise
kibbutz - a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively
kolkhoz - a collective farm owned by the communist state
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collective farm
n → landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft


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