sharecrop
/ˈʃɛrˌkrɑp/
verb
- To farm land owned by someone else in exchange for a share of the crops, rather than paying rent.
- They used to sharecrop cotton fields in the rural South.
- He decided to sharecrop a small plot of corn to support his family.
- Many families had to sharecrop because they could not afford to buy their own land.