sharecrop

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Definition of sharecrop in English English dictionary: To participate in a financial arrangement in which a tenant farmer pays for use of land with a share (part) of the crop raised on that land; {f} farm land as a sharecropper
sharecropping: Present participle of sharecrop
sharecropping: an arrangement, prevalent in many less-developed countries (LDCs) in which a worker works land, giving the landowner a fixed share of the output
sharecropping: A form of agricultural tenancy in which the tenant pays for use of the land with a predetermined share of his crop rather than with a cash rent
sharecropping: 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
sharecropping: an arrangement, prevalent in many less-developed countries, in which a worker works land, giving the landowner a fixed share of the output
sharecropping: In an agricultural lease, the agreement between the landowner and the tenant farmer to split the crop or the profit from its sale, actually sharing the crop (See agricultural lease)
sharecropping: farming someone else's land, where the farmer gives the landowner a proportion of the crop instead of money
sharecropping: {i} tenant farming, paying for rented farmland with a portion of one's crops
sharecropping: System adopted by the South after the Civil War in which shares of crops were rent for land