sharecropping

Speech parts

1. sharecropping - Noun

2. sharecropping - Verb

Meaning

sharecropping (uncountable)

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

sharecropping

present participle of sharecrop

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

agriculture profit sharing agrarianism mixed farming agrology agistment

Examples

Across the South, sharecropping evolved, in which landless black and white farmers worked land owned by others in return for a share of the profits. Source: Internet

Especially in societies without widespread industrialized farming, tenant farming and sharecropping are common; farmers either pay landowners for the right to use farmland or give up a portion of the crops. Source: Internet

Her father, who was, in her words, "wonderful at math but a terrible farmer," earned only $300 ($4,000 in 2013 dollars) a year from sharecropping and dairy farming. Source: Internet

This was no disadvantage to a clan with large landholdings since it could always rent out farms in a sharecropping system. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sharecrop sharecrop farmer sharecropper shared shared appreciation mortgage shared arrangement