cor|vée

cor|vée
cor|vée «kr VAY», noun.
1. unpaid or partly unpaid labor imposed by authorities on the residents of a district, for example on roads.
2. Historical. unpaid work done by a peasant for his feudal lord.
[< Old French corvee, corovee < Late Latin corrogāta contribution; its collection < Latin corrogāre < com- together + rogāre ask]

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