'Contract system' definitions:
Definition of 'Contract system'
From: GCIDE
- Contract system \Con"tract sys"tem\
- 1. The sweating system. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]