indenture

Example Sentences

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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

An original 18th-century indenture contract hangs on the wall as an example of the one Sullivan probably signed.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018

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

“Thusly, I have decided that these new costs will be retroactively added to the current outstanding balance on your indenture contract.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray