sharecrop

/ˈʃɛɹˌkɹɑp/ verb

To participate in the financial arrangement of sharecropping.

Word Origin Sharecrop is a compound of share (from Old English scearu 'division') and crop (from Old English cropp 'sprout, head of a plant'). The idea is farming land where the harvest is divided between landowner and farmer. The root *sker- in share also gives us shear and score — all about cutting or dividing.

verb To participate in the financial arrangement of sharecropping.

Many impoverished farmers were forced to sharecrop on land owned by wealthy landowners.

(动词) 分成佃耕

许多贫困农民被迫在富裕地主的土地上做分成佃农。

(verbo) aparcerar; ser aparcero; trabajar en aparcería [Participar en el arreglo financiero de la aparcería.]

Muchos agricultores empobrados se vieron obligados a trabajar como aparceros en tierras de propietarios adinerados.

(verbe) métayer [Cultiver une terre selon le système du métayage, en partageant la récolte avec le propriétaire.]

Many impoverished farmers were forced to **sharecrop** on land owned by wealthy landowners.

(Verb) Als Pächter auf einem fremden Grundstück arbeiten, wobei ein Teil der Ernte als Pacht an den Grundbesitzer abgegeben wird.

Viele verarmte Bauern waren gezwungen, als **sharecropper** auf dem Land reicher Grundbesitzer zu arbeiten.

(動詞) 収穫の一部を地主に納める小作農の経済的仕組みに参加する。

多くの貧しい農民は、大地主の土地で小作するしかなかった。

(verbo) trabalhar como meeiro; fazer parceria agrícola; ser meeiro [Participar do acordo financeiro de parceria agrícola (no qual o trabalhador recebe uma parte da produção em troca do uso da terra).]

Muitos agricultores empobrecidos foram forçados a trabalhar como parceiros em terras pertencentes a grandes proprietários.

Word parts: share + crop

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