SHARECROPPING

sharecropping. An agricultural arrangement in which a landowner leases land to a tenant who, in turn, gives the landlord a portion of the crop as rent. • The landlord usu. provides the seed, fertilizer, and equipment. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 319–333. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 793, 795–815, 817–829.] — sharecropper, n.