Definitions
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- noun A kind of
sharecropping system.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some have adopted the metayage system; others get the field-work done by the peasants at so much per acre.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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They had a portion of their land tilled by Russian peasants, and ceded to these a part of the produce in return for the labour expended; in other words, they assumed the position of landed proprietors, and farmed part of their land on the metayage system.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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That personal prism enriches the expert tone; consider the side note on metayage, the practice of famous Burgundy domaines quietly making wines under different labels for vineyard owners.
SFGate: Top News Stories Jon Bonné 2010
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a fixed sum per acre or on the metayage system, or they could let their land to the peasants for one, three or six years at a moderate rent.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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