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Balkan Posted 12 years ago
Business & Finance

What is the correct word describing the person that administrate an agricultural land?

What is the correct word describing the person that administrate an agricultural land?
Leaseholder? Renter? Landholder?

This person doesn't has ownership right on the property (agricultural land), only manage the farmland as agricultural business for a limited (contract) period of time.
What is the word that English native speakers use to describe this person?
  

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Have a look at the word 'tenant'.

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Have a look at the word 'tenant'.
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Tenant for person.
Leasehold for service.
Is it ok this way?
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tenant farmer

noun

: a farmer who raises crops on land that is rented from someone else

from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenant%20farmer

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Definition of LEASEHOLD

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About "tenant farmer", without "farmer" could be more accurate.
The person will rent the land from owner and contract other companies for working the land. He is not working the land himself.
So in this case tenant is the right term?

Thank you for links and patience.
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Perhaps you are looking for the words tenant and subtenants.

Look at the first paragraph here,
http://definitions.uslegal.com/l/landlord-tenant-subtenant/
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Yes that is exactly what I'm looking for.
Thank you Clive
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