Indenture

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1. Noun

The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

2. Noun

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.

3. Verb

To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

4. Verb

To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.

5. Verb

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

6. Noun

a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
Vocabulary classified under Law

7. Noun

formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
Vocabulary classified under Law

8. Noun

the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics
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