lay system

== English == === Etymology 1 === lay +‎ system ==== Proper noun ==== lay system (maritime) 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. === Etymology 2 === lay +‎ system ==== Proper noun ==== lay system (agriculture, archaic, especially UK) A certain system of fallow farming with a certain crop rotation and rotation of arable and pasturage. ===== Related terms =====