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debt bondage

debt bondage noun: a condition similar to slavery where people are unable to control their lives or their work due to unpaid debts.

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

Synonyms of debt bondage

Forms of debt bondage

pluraldebt bondages

Questions about debt bondage

What does debt bondage mean?
Debt bondage means a condition similar to slavery where people are unable to control their lives or their work due to unpaid debts.
What part of speech is debt bondage?
Debt bondage is a noun.
What is the plural of debt bondage?
The plural of debt bondage is debt bondages.

Words near debt bondage in the dictionary

  1. DeBruler
  2. DeBrulers
  3. debs
  4. debses
  5. debt
  6. debt bondage
  7. debt bondages
  8. debt burden
  9. debt burdens
  10. debt ceiling
  11. debt ceilings

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