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[[Image:Louvres-antiquites-egyptiennes-img 2713.jpg|thumb|260px|Contract for metayage, papyrus, 35th year of [[Amasis II]] (533 BC, [[Demotic (Egyptian)|26th Dynasty]])]]
The '''Metayage''' system ({{lang-fr|métayage}}) is the cultivation of land for a proprietor by one who receives a proportion of the produce, as a kind of [[sharecropping]]. Another class of land tenancy in France is named [[:fr:Fermage]].
==Origin and function==
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