to sharecrop
- verb
- /ˈʃɛrˌkrɒp/
:
arrendar
- The rest rent or sharecrop land from the three village landlords who own large segments of property in and around the area.
Examples
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Many families in the South had to sharecrop after losing their farms during the Great Depression.
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Well, maybe we can figure it so you can sharecrop the piece.
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She observed that single women landowners sharecrop with men in order to secure the male labor power of clearing, plowing, and harrowing.
Academic text (2002) -
In the Lac Aloatra region, landless women with children fare the poorest, since they are not able to take land to sharecrop unless they have either adolescent sons who can work or sufficient capital to hire workers.
Academic text (2002) -
During the summer, they decided to sharecrop on their neighbor's field to help make ends meet.
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To survive financially, they agreed to sharecrop, giving a portion of their harvest to the landowner each year.
Compounds
- Archaic
A farmer who works land owned by someone else and gives the owner part of the crop
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
As a verb, sharecrop comes from share ('part') + crop ('harvest'), so to sharecrop is to farm someone else's land and pay your rent by giving part of what you grow.
