indenture

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ɪnˈdɛn.ʃɝ/

Noun

indenture (plural indentures)

1. (legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
2. (legal) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
3. An indentation.

Translations

• German: Vertrag, Ausbildungsvertrag, Arbeitsvertrag, Lehrbrief, Kontrakt
• Russian: купчая крепость
• Spanish: contrato

Verb

indenture (indentures, present participle indenturing; past and past participle indentured)

1. To bind a person under such a contract.
2. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

   Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:pact
• Thesaurus:agreement

Related terms

• indent

Translations

• German: unter Vertrag nehmen, vertraglich binden

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