Meanings
nounmetayage (uncountable)
- uncountableA kind of sharecropping system.
Origin
- Frenchmétayage
- Englishmetayage
French métayage.
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metayage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metayage
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