Sharecrop (verb)

To farm land on a sharecropping basis, typically in which a landowner allows a tenant to use land in exchange for a share of the crops produced on it.

Origin:

From share + crop.

Examples:

1. The family sharecropped on the land for many years.
2. Many African American families sharecropped in the South after the Civil War.
3. Sharecropping was a form of tenant farming that was prevalent in the South.
4. Sharecropping was a way for landless farmers to earn a living.
5. Sharecropping was abolished after the World War II.