"sharecrop" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sharecrops [present, singular, third-person], sharecropping [participle, present], sharecropped [participle, past], sharecropped [past]
Etymology: share + crop Etymology templates: {{compound|en|share|crop}} share + crop Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} sharecrop (third-person singular simple present sharecrops, present participle sharecropping, simple past and past participle sharecropped)
  1. To participate in a financial arrangement in which a tenant farmer pays for use of land with a share (part) of the crop raised on that land. Wikipedia link: sharecropping
    Sense id: en-sharecrop-en-verb-a1i4W045 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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