单词 | agterskot |
释义 | agterskotn. South African. The final deferred payment to a farmer for a crop or quantity of wool clipped, paid by a cooperative society, agricultural board, etc., consisting of the difference between the total amount due for the season and the payments already made (see voorskot n., middelskot n.). Also figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ 1918 Internat. Rev. Agric. Econ. June 454 Deferred payments (achterschots) of about 2s. a bag have been made to members for the maize seasons of 1914, 1915 and 1916. 1930 Farming in S. Afr. Nov. 401/3 The final price paid them by their organization, i.e., advance plus bonus (or agterskot), is well above that which they could have obtained had they marketed their product individually. 1950 Cape Argus 8 Sept. 8/6 The country is reaping an ‘agterskot’ in reverse from devaluation. 1973 E. Provinces Herald 13 Dec. 23 The agterskot—that is the payment of gold sold from reserves at the free market price. 2000 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 41 325 Aside from siphoning off a great proportion of the sharecroppers' harvest, landlords appear to have routinely stolen their agterskot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1918 |
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