sharecropping

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noun

The system where a tenant farmer, especially in the southern United States, farms the land in exchange for a portion of the crops.

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Meanings

nounsharecropping (countable and uncountable, plural sharecroppings)

plural sharecroppings

  1. countableuncountableThe system where a tenant farmer, especially in the southern United States, farms the land in exchange for a portion of the crops.

    Slim came from sharecropping stock, his people farmed land but never owned it

    2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 363
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sharecrop

Origin

From share + cropping.

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Translations

Bulgarian изполица
  • изполица (izpolica)system
Catalan masoveria
  • masoveriasystem
Dutch deelpacht
  • deelpachtsystem
French métayage
  • métayagesystem
German Naturalpacht, Halbpacht
  • Naturalpachtsystem
  • Halbpachtsystem
Hindi बटाईदारी, बटाई
  • बटाईदारी (baṭāīdārī)system
  • बटाई (baṭāī)system
Italian mezzadria
  • mezzadriasystem
Japanese 寄生地主制
  • 寄生地主制 (kiseijinushisei)system
Korean 소작인
  • 소작인 (sojagin)system
Polish połownictwo
  • połownictwosystem
Portuguese parceria rural
  • parceria ruralsystem
Russian издо́льщина
  • издо́льщина (izdólʹščina)system
Spanish aparcería
  • aparceríasystem
Cite this entry
APA

sharecropping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharecropping

MLA

“sharecropping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharecropping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharecropping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharecropping.

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