adjective
- bound by contract to work for another person for a specific period of time, especially in exchange for payment of travel expenses or training
Usage: historical
Examples
- Many indentured servants came to America in the 1600s and 1700s.
- The indentured worker agreed to seven years of labor in exchange for passage to the New World.
- Indentured apprentices learned trades while working without wages.
- The plantation relied heavily on indentured laborers from Europe.
- After completing his indentured service, he became a free citizen.
- Indentured servitude was common before the widespread use of enslaved labor.