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métayage

[ met-uh-yahzh, mey-tuh- ]

noun

  1. the system of agriculture based on the use of métayers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of métayage1

From French, dating back to 1875–80; métayer, -age

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Example Sentences

The same Darwinian and economic law applies to métayage, which is also evidently destined to the same fate as handicrafts.

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