লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
indentured
This term carries a heavy legalistic and historical weight, evoking images of colonial labor systems and strict contractual obligations. It describes a state of semi-freedom where a person's labor is owned by another for a fixed term, distinguishing it from permanent slavery but maintaining a similar level of coercion and lack of autonomy.
In modern usage, the word is frequently employed in historical or sociological discussions regarding migration and exploitation. It suggests a transactional relationship that is often unbalanced, where the promise of future freedom or payment is used to justify current hardship and restricted movement.
Meanings
Examples
Many early settlers arrived in the colonies as indentured servants.
I cannot leave this farm until my indentured term is complete.
The young man signed an indentured contract to pay for his passage to the New World.
He spent seven years as an indentured laborer before finally gaining his freedom.
Is it true that indentured workers were often treated as poorly as slaves?
She wondered if she would ever escape her indentured status.
The legal documents defined the exact duties of the indentured apprentice.
They were indentured to a wealthy landowner for a period of five years.