indenture
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9.4
- noun
- /ɪnˈdɛnʧər/
- Formal
:
contrato
- Her name is Sadie, and it turns out she's working in the brothel as an indentured servant.
- indentured servant
- indentured laborers
- contract of indenture
Examples
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By the time of the revolution, the indenture system had almost completely ceased in the province of Ulster.
Academic text (1993) -
His grandparents had arrived as indentured servants from South India.
Fiction book (1997) -
And it was my extraordinary good fortune that Matt had paid off his indenture just in time to become my monitor.
Fiction book (1991) -
But, as it happens, the terms of his indenture expire when he turns seven years and seven hours old.
Fiction book (1993) -
Molly's sentence requires her to work for seven years as an indentured servant in America.
Academic text (2002) -
Before there were black slaves on the island, Irish indentured servants worked the cane fields.
Academic text (1992) -
Prerevolutionary immigrants usually came as indentured servants, few of whom were women.
Academic text (1993) -
Orphaned by age five, she became an indentured servant, serving a clergyman.
Blog text (8) -
One study notes that Jamaica was far and away the leading destination for white indentured servants between 1720 and 1740.
Academic text (1994) -
Many young people historically entered into an indenture to learn a trade while working for their masters.
Synonyms
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1.4
A promise made between two or more people, often written
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2.7
A written agreement between an employer and an employee that says the job rules and pay
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3.0
A signed paper that shows the employer's and employee's pay, duties and job rules
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Morphology
Etymology
Indenture comes from old Latin parts in- and dent- (from dens, 'tooth'), meaning a tooth-like 'notch'. Long ago, contract papers were cut with matching notches so two copies would fit together and prove the deal, so indenture came to mean a formal contract that 'binds' someone.