metayer

Example Sentences

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Farms were usually held on a sort of métayer system, half the produce going to the landlord as rent.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The métayer, now placed in charge of the castle, showed me over it.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

Would he—on the métayer system—consent to give half of his harvest to the landowner?

From The Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

He could take care that nothing was done which did not please him, for the métayer or colon was on no firmer footing than that of an upper servant.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

The greater portion was let to farmers, either at a fixed rent, or on the métayer system, by which the landlord was paid by a share of the crops.

From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)