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单词 on halves
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on (also at, to) (the) halves
e. on (also at, to) (the) halves: (in letting or hiring a house, land, or the like) so as to have a half-share in the yield or profits. Formerly also †to half. Now rare (U.S.).
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c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 102 In-to ffee-ferme to ffisshe to halfe [L. ad medietatem]..by seruice off ffisshyng to halfe.
1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 5v Not to ferme at certaine rent as we dooe in Englande, but to the halfes, or to the thyrde of all graine and fruite.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 47v He may occupie it by his Bayliffe, or to hawues.
1623 Council in Virginia Let. 20 Jan. in S. M. Kingsbury Rec. Virginia Company (1935) IV. 13 All Tenantes at halfes..were never able to feede themselves by theire labours.
1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 104 It is usual..for the owners to let their Lands to halfs to their Tenants.
1908 Forest & Stream 21 Mar. 450/3 When the apples got ripe the deacon would let me pick them and sell them to halves, at the village.
1914 J. H. Blackwell Let. 21 Dec. in Industr. Relations: Final Rep. & Testimony (U.S. Comm. Industr. Relations) (1916) X. 9273 Some rent for 30 per cent; others rent on the halves.
2016 P. J. Walls Alabama Gold (e-book ed.) Most of the farming was sharecropping. Most of 'em done it on halves.
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