métayer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of métayer
1770–80; < French < Medieval Latin medietārius, equivalent to mediet ( ās ) ( see moiety) + -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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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)
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
The practice of letting farms to a métayer, who retains a share of the produce, and pays his rent with the remainder, is resorted to and continued from necessity.
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby
The system of farming is that of the métayer; and those who bought property when it was cheap, have realised a certain profit, but far less than they expected.
From Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 by Auldjo, John
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