Metayage: Difference between revisions

The '''Metayagemetayage''' system ({{lang-fr|métayage}}, {{lang-es|[[:es:mediería|mediería]]}}, {{lang-it|[[:it:mezzadria|mezzadria]]}}) 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|fermage]], whereby the rent is paid annually in banknotes.