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agterskot S. Afr.|ˈaxtəskɒt|
[Afrikaans, f. agter after + voor)skot advance payment, f. voorskiet to advance (money).]
The final payment for a crop by a farmers' co-operative society or similar body to members, consisting of the difference between the total amount due for the season and the advance-payment (voorskot). Also transf.
1944Cape Argus 18 May 7/6 More than 1,000 persons went to Rustenburg..from many parts of the Transvaal to receive back pay (agterskot) for tobacco sold to the Magaliesberg Co-operative Tobacco Planters Association. 1950Ibid. 8 Sept. 8/6 The country is reaping an ‘agterskot’ in reverse from devaluation. 1958Cape Times 12 Dec. 2/8 An agterskot amounting to {pstlg}31,000 is being paid to lucern seed farmers in Oudtshoorn district. |