Indenture
[ɪn'dentʃə] or [ɪn'dɛntʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term.
(noun.) formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt.
(verb.) bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; 'an indentured servant'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
(v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.
(v. i.) To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Written contract.
v. a. Indent, bind by indenture.
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Examples
- In fear that this subterfuge might be challenged, he gave Benjamin a discharge of his indentures, but at the same time s igned with him a new secret contract. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I took the indentures out of his hand and gave them to Miss Havisham. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Have you brought his indentures with you? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Would Gargery come here with you, and bring your indentures, do you think? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And so the schoolmistress reconciled the recommendation to her conscience, and the indentures were cancelled, and the apprentice was free. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We refuse to sanction these indentures,' said the old gentleman: tossing aside the piece of parchment as he spoke. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You would not object to cancel his indentures at his request and for his good? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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