cash crop

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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cash crop UK US noun [countable] [singular cash crop plural cash crops]

a crop that farmers grow so that they can sell it, rather than using it themselves

Thesaurus: crop farming_hyponym

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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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ˈcash crop [cash crop cash crops] noun

a crop grown for selling, rather than for use by the person who grows it

compare ↑subsistence