PEONAGE


Meaning of PEONAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpē-ə-nij ]

noun

Date: 1847

1.

a. : the use of laborers bound in servitude because of debt

b. : a system of convict labor by which convicts are leased to contractors

2. : the condition of a peon

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.