indentureship
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editindentureship (plural indentureships)
- The condition of being indentured.
- The period during which a person is indentured.
- 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 342:
- ‘Yes, coolies must be brought here. George Sadler has ordered one hundred to be sent from India on a seven-year indentureship.’