metayer

Example Sentences

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The average metayer pays from twenty to thirty per cent of his crop in rent.

From The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

Interest was rarely charged on advances by the temple or wealthy landowners for pressing needs, but this may have been part of the metayer system.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

The metayer will find it convenient to be slack in paying rent.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

In the Peloponnesus peasant proprietorship is almost universal; elsewhere it is gradually supplanting the metayer system; the small properties vary from 2 or 3 to 50 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

A valuation of the latter is made at the time of entering into the agreement, and a re-valuation is made on termination, any depreciation being made good by the other party, or metayer.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William