Indenture - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪnˈdentʃər|  American pronunciation of the word indenture
Brit.  |ɪnˈdentʃə|  British pronunciation of the word indenture

noun

- a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) (syn: indentation)
- formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
- a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line (syn: indent, indentation, indention)

verb

- bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant (syn: indent)
an indentured servant

Extra examples

...the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor...

...made a small indenture to mark the spot where the plank was to be sawed...

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