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Peonage

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Noun

1. peonage

the condition of a peon

2. peonage

the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Peonage

see synonyms of peonage
noun
1. 
the state of being a peon
2. 
a system in which a debtor must work for his or her creditor until the debt is paid off

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Peonage

see synonyms of peonage
noun
1. 
the condition of a peon
2. 
the system by which debtors or legal prisoners are held in servitude to labor for their creditors or for persons who lease their services from the state

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Peonage

see synonyms of peonage
n.
1. The condition of being a peon.
2. A system by which debtors are bound in servitude to their creditors until their debts are paid.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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