bonded labor

/ˌbɑndəd ˌleɪbər/
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Definitions of bonded labor
  1. noun
    a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States
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    type of:
    bondage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom
    the state of being under the control of another person
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