share-tenant
1share tenant — A tenant who holds land under a lease which provides that he is to share the crops produced with his landlord. Louisiana Farm Bureau Cotton Growers Co op. Asso. v Bannister, 161 La 958, 962, 109 So 776. See share rent …
2share-tenant — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun also share renter ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ : one who operates a farm owned by another, pays a share of the crop as rent, and provides labor, power and implements, and usually his share of seed and fertilizer compare sharecropper …
3share lease — A lease providing for the payment of grain or crop rent. See share rent; share tenant …
4share rent — noun : a rent for farm land in the form of an agreed or customary fractional part of a crop grown thereon compare share tenant …
5share-renter — noun see share tenant …
6share — n 1: a portion belonging to, due to, or due from an individual a joint tortfeasor is liable for her share of the damages; specif: the part allotted or belonging to one of a number owning together any property or interest the share of a joint… …
7tenant in common — ˌtenant in ˈcommon noun tenants in common PLURALFORM [countable] LAW PROPERTY a person who shares the ownership of land or property with two or more other people * * * tenant in common UK US noun [C] (plural tena …
8share|crop|per — «SHAIR KROP uhr», noun. a person who farms land for the owner in return for part of the crops: »Sharecroppers and tenant farmers left the farm and turned to the rapidly growing opportunities in industry (Time). ╂[American English < earlier… …
9tenant farmer — n. a person who farms land owned by another and pays rent in cash or in a share of the crops …
10tenant farming — Agricultural system in which landowners rent their land to farmers and receive either cash or a share of the product in return. Landowners may also contribute operating capital and management. Under one arrangement, known as sharecropping, the… …
