thu tô

Người nông dân đang thu tô lúa trên cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To collect rent (especially land rent): The primary meaning of "thu tô" refers to the action of a landlord collecting rental payments, typically in kind (such as a portion of the harvest) from tenants who cultivate the land.
   • To practice sharecropping: It describes the system or act of leasing land where the rent is paid with a share of the crops produced.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Địa chủ đến thu tô của nông dân. (The landlord came to collect rent from the farmers.)
  • Chế độ phát canh thu tô đã phổ biến ở nông thôn Việt Nam xưa. (The sharecropping system was prevalent in the old Vietnamese countryside.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is strongly associated with historical agricultural socio-economic systems, often highlighting the relationship between landowners and peasant tenants.

Variants and Related Words

• Phát canh thu tô (n): The sharecropping system; a land tenure system where the owner provides the land and the tenant pays rent with a portion of the harvest.
  • Phát canh thu tô là một hình thức bóc lột nặng nề. (Sharecropping was a form of heavy exploitation.)

Synonyms

• Collect rent: To receive payment for the use of land or property.
• Practice sharecropping: To engage in a system of farming where land is rented for a share of the crop.

Related Terms

• Địa tô (n): Land rent.
• Tá điền (n): Tenant farmer.