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Sharecropping — is a system of agriculture or agricultural production in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land (e.g., 50 percent of the crop). This should not be confused with a crop fixed rent… … Wikipedia
sharecropping — sharecropper UK US /ˈʃeəˌkrɒpər/ noun [C] ► a farmer who rents land and who gives part of his or her crop as rent to the land owner: »Unfortunately landlords are willing to provide land to poor sharecroppers if they ll grow poppy on it.… … Financial and business terms
Sharecropping — Baumwoll Sharecroppers bei der Arbeit 1941 Als Naturalpacht oder Sharecropping wird ein System landwirtschaftlicher Produktion bezeichnet, bei dem ein Landbesitzer einem Pächter oder Sharecropper erlaubt, ein Stück Land zu bewirtschaften und im… … Deutsch Wikipedia
sharecropping — noun The act of being a tenant farmer, especially in the southern United States, who farms the land in exchange for a portion of the crops … Wiktionary
sharecropping — Synonyms and related words: agrarianism, agricultural geology, agriculture, agrology, agronomics, agronomy, collective farm, collectivism, collectivity, collegiality, common ownership, communal effort, communion, communism, community, contour… … Moby Thesaurus
sharecropping — n. tenant farming, paying for rented farmland with a portion of one s cropsv. farm land as a sharecropper … English contemporary dictionary
sharecropping — Type of agricultural arrangement in which the landowner leases land and equipment to tenant or sharecropper who, in turn, gives to the landlord a percentage of the crops as rent … Black's law dictionary
sharecropping — An arrangement whereby a landowner hires a person to cultivate the land and raise a crop thereon and to receive for his labor a share of the crop which he works to make and harvest. 21 Am J2d Crops § 35 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Издольщина — (sharecropping), форма аренды земли, при к рой арендатор в счет арендной платы отдает собственнику земли часть своего урожая или работает на него. И. получила распространение во мн. странах мира, особенно в крест, об вах (крестьянство)… … Народы и культуры
Metayage — Contract for metayage, papyrus, 35th year of Amasis II (533 BC, 26th Dynasty) The Metayage system (Fr. métayage) is the cultivation of land for a proprietor by one who receives a proportion of the produce, as a kind of sharecropping. Cont … Wikipedia
