pachten

Another source of company revenues was leases, or pachten, a term of such importance in Dutch Taiwan that it gave rise to a Taiwanese term, pak (贌), which remained in use even after the Dutch period ended. 35 The English term "lease" is too limited to indicate the variety of things to which the word pachten could be applied.

How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

Republic of China, rule over Taiwan, C: 27 residency permit see hoofdgeld residency tax see hoofdgeld revenue farming see pachten revenue farming see tax farming revenue see also pachten see also taxation see also Village Franchise System see also taxation raised by volunteer contributions from Chinese settlers, 8: 3 rice establishment of wet rice agriculture in Taiwan, 6: 17, 6: 29 – 30 taxation of, 6: 22

How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006