lay system

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The system of remuneration in which fishermen or merchant mariners are paid a lay (a share of the vessel's profit) plus the value of room and board derived from being shipboard and eating in the mess.
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  1. A certain system of fallow farming with a certain crop rotation and rotation of arable and pasturage.

Word forms

lay system

Etymology

lay + system

Related words

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