μίσθ-ωσις · misth-ōsis — LSJ
letting for hire
letting for hire, Pl. Sph. 219d, D. 36.7, 27.59; αἱ μ. τῶν τεμενῶν Arist. Ath. 47.4, cf. Pl. Lg. 759e.
b lease
lease, PCair.Zen. 334.5 (iii B.C.), PFay. 96 (ii A.D.); μ. ἁπλῆ, δισσὴ γραφεῖσα, POxy. 1037.20 (v A.D.), 913.20 (v A.D.).
II rent
rent, ὁπόσην ἂν ἄλφῃ μ. τὸ τέμενος IG 1(2).94.15; μ. φέρειν D. 36.51; μ. ἀποδιδόναι Lex ap. eund. 43.58, cf. Arist. Ath. 2.2; ὀφείλειν μισθώσεις τεμενῶν D. 57.63; σιτικὴ μ. PAmh. 2.31.6 (ii B.C.).
III payment of wages
payment of wages earned by slaves to their master, D. 28.12; of soldiers’ pay, Lys. 19.43.
IV income
income from an estate, μ. φέρειν, λαμβάνειν, Is. 5.35, 36.
V farming out by contract
farming out by contract, PLille 1v.3 (iii B.C.).