Definition of Sharecropper

1. Noun. Small farmers and tenants.


Definition of Sharecropper

1. Noun. A person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pay a portion (share) of the produce as rent. One who sharecrops. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sharecropper

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharecropper

share dilution
share dilutions
share out
shareabilities
shareability
shareable
sharebeam
sharebeams
sharebones
sharebroker
sharebrokers
sharecrop
sharecrop farmer
sharecropped
sharecropper (current term)
sharecroppers
sharecropping
sharecrops
shared
shared out
shared paranoid disorder
shared psychotic disorder
shared service
shareholder
shareholders
shareholders' derivative action
shareholders' derivative actions
shareholders' meeting
shareholding

Literary usage of Sharecropper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. By the Sweat and Toil of Children: The Use of Child Labor in U. S by Maureen E. Jaffe, Monica Mills, Sonia A. Rosen, Robert B. Shepard (1997)
"Debt bondage also occurs under land tenancy or sharecropper arrangements; tenants, along with their children, are expected to provide labor or a share of ..."

2. Tobacco Policy Making in California 2001-2003: No Longer Finishing First edited by Jeffrey Archer, Simon Bainbridge (2003)
"ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Any person who as owner, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper on a farm or ranch, including associated groups, ..."

3. Smallholders and Structural Change in the Brazilian Economy: Opportunities by Gary N. Howe, David Goodman (1992)
"Until recently, these advances were repaid Hn cash with interest —out of the sharecropper's share of the commercialized harvest. ..."

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