# shareherding

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The practice by which one herder cares for the livestock of another, in return for a percentage of the profits or offspring.

## Etymology
From share + herding, by analogy to sharecropping.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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