indenture

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Etymology [edit]

Of Anglo‐French endenture, of Old French endenteure, from endenter.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (US) IPA: /ɪnˈdɛn.ʃɝ/

Noun [edit]

indenture (plural indentures)

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

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Verb [edit]

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

  1. To bind a person under such a contract.

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References [edit]

  • indenture” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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