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shareherder en · NOUN

Etymology

By analogy to sharecropper

Meanings

1. One who cares for herd animals owned by someone else, in exchange for a share of the profits or offspring.
   • Shareherding is analogous to sharecropping: the owner of an animal gives it to be cared for by a shareherder, and the animal's progeny are divided between the owner and the shareherder. 2001 -, Marguerite Robinson, The Microfinance Revolution: Sustainable Finance for the Poor, →ISBN:
   • However, such arrangements also lead to sub-optimal use of the resource base because the shareherder is less motivated. 1992, Idriss Jazairy, Mohiuddin Alamgir, John Stanier, The State of World Rural Poverty, →ISBN:
   • Other shareherders were not quite as reckless and managed to build up their herds by claiming small losses. 1991, Pobladores: Hispanic Americans of the Ute Frontier, page 176:

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