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CONTRACT SYSTEM

\kˈɒntɹakt sˈɪstəm], \kˈɒntɹakt sˈɪstəm], \k_ˈɒ_n_t_ɹ_a_k_t s_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_m]\

Definitions of CONTRACT SYSTEM

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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The sweating system.
The system of employing convicts by selling their labor (to be performed inside the prison) at a fixed price per day to contractors who are allowed to have agents in the prison to superintend the work.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The sweating system.
The system of employing convicts by selling their labor (to be performed inside the prison) at a fixed price per day to contractors who are allowed to have agents in the prison to superintend the work.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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