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indenture

[in-den-cher] / ɪnˈdɛn tʃər /
NOUN
agreement
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In a little over a year, my three-decade indenture as a full-time laundress will come to an end.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024

When Fiji de-criminalized the desertion of indenture contracts in 1916, it is little wonder that hundreds of workers left the colony's sugar plantations.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2023

One of them, John Casar, got a nearby white planter to petition the county to free him from his indenture.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2019

As a result, work itself becomes pay-to-play, and people without money have no choice but to sign indenture contracts.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2018

Ropes and Hodges are selling out, I’ll be free of my indenture.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham