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'.

Edited by Bryan--From WordNet

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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