sharecropping

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 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)

Korean: 소작인 (ko) (sojagin) Portuguese: parceria rural Russian: испо́льщина (ru) (ispólʹščina) Sicilian: mitatarìa Spanish: aparcería (es)

Verb

sharecropping

1. present participle of sharecrop