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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the condition of a peon;

2. the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peonage \Pe"on*age\, n.
   The condition of a peon.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peonage
    n 1: the condition of a peon
    2: the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until
       the debt is discharged