Associations to the word «Indenture»

Wiktionary

INDENTURE, noun. (legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
INDENTURE, noun. (legal) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
INDENTURE, noun. An indentation.
INDENTURE, verb. To bind a person under such a contract.
INDENTURE, verb. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

Dictionary definition

INDENTURE, noun. A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline).
INDENTURE, noun. Formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt.
INDENTURE, noun. A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term.
INDENTURE, noun. The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line.
INDENTURE, verb. Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant".

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