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English 1 sense of the expression bonded labor:
NOUNstatebonded labora practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt
Englishbonded labor: 1 sense noun 1, state
MeaningA 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.
Broaderbondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldomThe state of being under the control of another person

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