2007-11-30 02:04:48 · 9 answers · asked by Newmie 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
It means you are giving away everything without receiving anything (or enough) in return.
2007-11-30 02:08:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true. Giving away the farm is a southern term more widely used everywhere now. It's when everything is going. Either being sold, or auctioned off or the like. Most often on a cheaper side, as in. "you better get down there and get your drinks, they are giving away the farm!."
2007-11-30 02:09:02 · answer #2 · answered by momusmusic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just what it says, give away what makes you money.
Say a customer comes in and you own a pizza shop. They are not happy w/ the pizza they got. So in turn you say... keep that pizza, I'll make you another one the right way and here is a coupon for 2 free ones at a later date.
That is giving the farm away. You gave more than you had too. All you had to do was fix the one pizza, not give away 2 more. Now you have 1 wasted pizza, 1 free pizza and 2 more free pizzas to give out. What money did you make?
None... cause you gave away the farm.
2007-11-30 02:08:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It means that one person has given a really good deal to the other person. Giving away the farm means one person made a really great deal and the other person made a really bad deal (possible to the point it is unfair).
When someone says, "Don't give away the farm" they basically mean don't be stupid and do something that wasn't required or asked for. Don't give more than you have to. Hope that helps.
2007-11-30 02:08:38 · answer #4 · answered by M L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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What does it mean to "give away the farm" in business terms?
2015-08-18 08:47:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means making a deal that was better for the other party than you, or better for them than it had to be. Example: Jimmy offered the investor 49% of his profits when 30% would have clinched the deal. You'd say he gave away the farm.
2007-11-30 02:09:54 · answer #6 · answered by opinionator 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means to essential lose what you have for a bargaining tool with out getting much or anything in return. You are losing your asset or too much of it in a transaction. It is similar to the saying, "might as well take the shirt off my back."
2007-11-30 02:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-09 00:57:44 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spending an exhorbinant amount of money for something. So much that the company may go under due to the loss of cash.
2007-11-30 02:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by regizzy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means making a very poor deal, on your side!
2007-11-30 02:08:35 · answer #10 · answered by remoserjr107 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋