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METAYAGE

\mˈɛtəjɪd͡ʒ], \mˈɛtəjɪd‍ʒ], \m_ˈɛ_t_ə_j_ɪ_dʒ]\

Definitions of METAYAGE

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A system of farming on halves.

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A system of farming on halves.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Land tenure in which farmer pays part (usu. half) of produce as rent to owner, who furnishes stock& seed. [French]

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By Sir Augustus Henry

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