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Indenture vs Bondslave - What's the difference?

indenture | bondslave |

As nouns the difference between indenture and bondslave

is that indenture is a contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice) while bondslave is one who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.

As a verb indenture

is to bind a person under such a contract.

indenture

English

(wikipedia indenture)

Alternative forms

* endenture

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
  • (legal) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
  • An indentation.

    • Verb

    (indentur)
  • To bind a person under such a contract.
  • To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
    • Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.

    Derived terms

    * indenturedness *indentured servant * indentureship

    References

    * (EtymOnLine)

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    bondslave

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who works as a slave under an indenture; a bondsman or bondswoman.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.11:
  • *:To whom they shewed, how those marchants were / Arriv'd in place their bondslaves for to buy […].