Indenture Definition

ĭn-dĕnchər
indentured, indentures, indenturing
noun
indentures
Webster's New World
A deed executed by more than one party.
American Heritage
A contract binding a person to work for another for a given length of time, as an apprentice to a master, or an immigrant to service in a colony.
Webster's New World
A written contract or agreement: originally, it was in duplicate, the two copies having correspondingly notched edges for identification.
Webster's New World
A document containing the terms under which bonds are issued.
Webster's New World
verb
indentured, indentures
To bind by indenture.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
To bind a person under such a contract.
Wiktionary

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

Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Indenture

Noun

Singular:
indenture
Plural:
indentures

Origin of Indenture

  • Middle English endenture a written agreement from Anglo-Norman from endenter to indent (from the matching notches on multiple copies of the documents) indent1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Anglo-Norman endenture, from Old French endenteure, from endenter.

    From Wiktionary

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