Arendator

Arendator (literally "lease holder") (Ukrainian:"Орендар" (Orendar), Russian: "Откупщик" (Otkupshchik)). The term derives from "Arenda" (Polish: "rent"), a Latin term referring to the lease of fixed assets, such as land, mills, inns, breweries, distilleries, or of special rights, such as the right to collect customs duties,, etc. Trusted individuals were often given such rights to collect rent or revenue and were allowed to keep a portion of the money in exchange for this service, sometimes as a reward for other services to the state.