| NOUN | state | bonded labor | a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt |
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| Meaning | 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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| Broader | bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldom | The state of being under the control of another person |
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