corvée

She had the next three days off, her corvée paid.

He instructed me to tell you to pay your corvée regularly.

Construction of the project, which began in 1985, was performed by corvée labor.

"Would it please you to volunteer for an additional corvée?

This practice of forced labor was called the corvée.

A corvée (labor) tax was established for military conscription and building public works.

Gradually, the Corvée system was reformed, both because of international pressure and popular resistance.

Furthermore the corvée labour and taxes were deemed to start in March.

It is unclear if this labor draft or corvée counts as slavery.

However farmer families could not afford the imposed corvée on temple construction.

Temporary conscription for payment, typically of taxes, is known as corvée.

The state demanded men for the army and the corvée, as well as dues in kind.

The excavation took some 10 years using forced labour (corvée) of Egyptian workers during a certain period.

Corvée - A royal or seigneurial tax, taken in the form of forced labour.

Corvée labour was introduced, particularly to build roads, and taxes were heavy, but the colony never paid its own way.

Perhaps I should look to your preparations for the royal court while you attend to your corvée?"

A corvée was also introduced, labour that was enforced by the whip.

However, the Siamese Corvée system existed in various forms.

Seigneurial jurisdictions and rights, including the corvée, were abolished.

To staff his new industries, Muhammad Ali employed a corvée labor system.

These tasks were performed by corvée labor under state supervision, often in the context of hunting expeditions.

Wang's new policies were completely reversed, including popular reforms like the tax substitution for corvée labor service.

Most commonly, the term refers to a royal corvée requiring peasants to maintain the king's roads.

On this important distinction between a corvée and a capitalist economy, Lenin writes:

You are to be permanently removed from the corvée, and temporarily deprived of the ability to walk between worlds."