indenture - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'indenture' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Indenture

[ n.]

- The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
- 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.

2 . Indenture

[ v. i.]

- To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.

3 . Indenture

[ v. t.]

- To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
- To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.

Meaning of 'indenture' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . indenture

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

Example in sentence:

an indentured servant

Nearby Words:

ind indagate indagation indagative indagator indamage indamaged indart indazol inde

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