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Indenture
ɪnˈdɛntʃə
Indenture definitions
noun
indenture
indentures
- a legal agreement, contract, or documentcontract agreement covenant compact bond pledge promise warrant undertaking commitment settlement arrangement understanding
- a deed or contract of which copies were made for the contracting parties with the edges indented for identification and to prevent forgery
- a formal list, certificate, or inventory
"indentures recording the number of 1377 taxpayers"
- an agreement binding an apprentice to a master
"the 30 apprentices have received their indentures on completion of their training"
- the state of being bound to service by an indenture
"the bracelet on his wrist represented his indenture to his master"
- a contract by which a person agreed to work for a set period for a landowner in a British colony in exchange for passage to the colony
verb
indenture
indentured
indentures
indenturing
- bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or labourer
"Dick was indentured to the Company in 1917"