Farmer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002177",
  "term": "Farmer",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A lessee or contractor who works a mine or a section of a mine, paying a royalty or fixed rent to the owner. This individual or small group assumes the operational risks and costs of extraction in exchange for a share of the proceeds from the recovered ore. The payment, known as a farm or tribute, was historically set as a percentage of the value of the mineral produced.",
  "synonyms": [
    "husbandman",
    "neif",
    "serf",
    "villein"
  ],
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "see_also": [
    "dairy farmer"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Farmer",
    "es": "arrendador",
    "fr": "fermier"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/farmer/"
}