indenture

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[edit] Noun

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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contract

[edit] Verb

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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bind under such a contract

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