Meaning & use
Agist
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To take in and feed livestock belonging to someone else for a fee, typically by grazing them on one's land.
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The farmer agreed to agist the neighbor's cattle over the winter for a monthly fee.
Many rural landowners agist horses as a source of extra income.
A note on using this word
A legal and agricultural term still used in property and land-use law, especially in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.
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pasturegraze
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