metayer

Example Sentences

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He never worried his métayer over money matters, or insisted upon seeing that everything was equally divided.

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

He substituted for a fixed rent a certain proportion of the produce,1035 in fact the métayer system, and employed some of his people to see that the returns were not fraudulently diminished.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

But it was the interest of both to work well together, and it was the duty of the landlord to assist the métayer as much as possible, especially when times were hard.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

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

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)