metayer

Example Sentences

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But they were mostly on the metayer system, and could claim seed, implements, stock, and other necessary supplies from their master.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

All the land in the duchy was farmed on the metayer system, and with such ill results that the peasants were always in debt to their landlords.

From The Valley of Decision by Wharton, Edith

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

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

This arrangement probably answers two purposes, economy is effected, and fraud prevented on the part of the metayer.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

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