sharecropping

English

Etymology

share +‎ cropping

Noun

sharecropping (uncountable)

1. The system where a tenant farmer, especially in the southern United States, farms the land in exchange for a portion of the crops.

Translations

system

• Dutch: deelpacht
• French: métayage (fr) m
• German: Naturalpacht f, Teilpacht f
• Hindi: बटाईदारी (baṭāīdārī), बटाई (hi) f (baṭāī)
• Italian: mezzadria (it)
• Japanese: 寄生地主制 (きせいじぬしせい, kiseijinushisei)
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• Korean: 소작인 (ko) (sojagin)
• Portuguese: parceria rural
• Russian: испо́льщина (ru) (ispólʹščina)
• Sicilian: mitatarìa
• Spanish: aparcería (es)

Verb

sharecropping

1. present participle of sharecrop