indenture

English

Alternative forms

endenture

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɛn.ʃɝ/

Noun

indenture (plural indentures)

(law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
(law) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
An indentation.

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Translations

contract

Dutch: leercontract (nl)
Finnish: oppisopimus
German: Vertrag (de) m, Ausbildungsvertrag m, Arbeitsvertrag (de) m, Lehrbrief m, Kontrakt (de) m

Norwegian: lærekontrakt m, lærlingekontrakt m, arbeidskontrakt m
Spanish: contrato (es) m

Verb

indenture (third-person singular simple present indentures, present participle indenturing, simple past and past participle indentured)

To bind a person under such a contract.
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.

Derived terms

Translations

bind under such a contract

German: unter Vertrag nehmen, vertraglich binden

References

“indenture” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

interdune

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