metayer

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One and all, moreover, are promoting themselves, rising by a slow evolutionary process from the condition of wage-earner to that of metayer, tenant, lastly freeholder.

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

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

The principal landowners, who reside in fortified houses, are all Moslems; their estates are cultivated on the metayer system.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

This metayer system of leasing land probably accounts for loans without interest.

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

By dint of uncompromising economy, the metayer may ultimately become a small owner.

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