Meaning & use
tenant farming
A system in which a farmer rents land from a landowner and pays rent in cash or a share of the crop.
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After losing their own land, the family survived through tenant farming for two generations.
Tenant farming was widespread across the American South after the Civil War.
A note on using this word
Tenant farming is closely related to sharecropping, though sharecroppers typically pay rent with a share of the harvest rather than cash.
Words with a similar meaning
sharecropping
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