debt bondage

English

Noun

debt bondage (countable and uncountable, plural debt bondages)

1. A condition similar to slavery where people are unable to control their lives or their work due to unpaid debts.

   Synonyms: (Britain) bonded labour, indenture, debt slavery

   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 123:

     Elisha provides a poor widow with oil, so that she might redeem her children, taken in debt-bondage, and live on the proceeds of the remainder.

Translations

condition similar to slavery

• Dutch: schuldslavernij (nl) f
• Finnish: velkaorjuus (fi)
• German: Schuldknechtschaft (de) f, Obnoxiation f (dated)
• Russian: кабала́ (ru) f (kabalá)

See also

• bankruptcy

Further reading

• debt bondage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia