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1. peonage
noun. the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged.
Synonyms
- practice
Antonyms
- disagree
Etymology
- -age (English)
- -age (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- peon (English)
- peón (Spanish)
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2. peonage
noun. the condition of a peon.
Synonyms
- subjection
Etymology
- -age (English)
- -age (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- peon (English)
- peón (Spanish)
Example sentences of the word peonage
1. Noun, singular or mass
Once convicted under a peonage law, the sharecropper would then have to work as an unpaid servant for the state or his previous landowner to pay off the debt and court fines.