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1. (n.) indenture
a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented.
2. indenture
a contract by which a person, as an apprentice, is bound to service.
3. indenture
an official or formal document for use as a voucher.
4. (v.t.) indenture
to bind by indenture, as an apprentice.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < ML indentūra)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) indentation, indenture
a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
2. (noun) indenture
formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
3. (noun) indenture
a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
4. (verb) indentation, indention, indent, indenture
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
5. (verb) indenture, indent
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
"an indentured servant"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) indenture
the act of indenting, or state of being indented
2. (noun) indenture
a mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master
3. (verb) indenture
to indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow
4. (verb) indenture
to bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice
5. (verb) indenture
to run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent
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