share herd

A form of share-herd — To care for the livestock that belong to someone else, in exchange for a percentage of the profits or offspring; to work as a shareherder.

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Meanings

verbshare herd (third-person singular simple present share herds, present participle share herding, simple past and past participle share herded)

present singular third person share herds · participle present share herding · participle past share herded · past share herded

  1. alternativeAlternative form of share-herd.

    Some very poor households actually came out of the recent drought better than when the event began, while some of the wealthier households benefited both from a favourable livestock market and increased opportunities to share herd out animals in the post-drought period.

    2006, Peter D. Little, M. Priscilla Stone, Tewodaj Mogues, A. Peter Castro, Workneh Negatu, “'Moving in place': Drought and poverty dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia”, in Journal of Development Studies, volume 42, number 2
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