noun
a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)
• Hypernyms: ↑crop
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noun : a crop produced or gathered primarily for the market and readily salable (as cotton, tobacco, or vegetables)
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1. any crop that is considered easily marketable, as wheat or cotton.
2. a crop for direct sale in a market, as distinguished from a crop for use as livestock feed or for other purposes.
[1865-70, Amer.]
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cash crop noun
A crop intended for sale, not for consumption by the producer
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Main Entry: ↑cash
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a crop that farmers grow so that they can sell it, rather than using it themselves
Thesaurus: crop farminghyponym
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cash crop,
a crop grown for sale, rather than for consumption on the farm: »
Wheat, cotton, and tobacco are cash crops (John Gunther).
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n. a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower
Derivatives:
cash cropping n.
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noun, pl ⋯ crops [count]
: a crop (such as tobacco or cotton) that is grown to be sold rather than for use by the farmer
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a crop grown for selling, rather than for use by the person who grows it
Useful english dictionary. 2012.