indenture

English

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Alternative forms

• endenture

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪnˈdɛn.ʃɝ/

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.

Translations

contract

• Norwegian: lærekontrakt (no) m, lærlingekontrakt (no) m, arbeidskontrakt (no) m

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.

Derived terms

• indenturedness
• indentureship

Translations

bind under such a contract

References

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

Anagrams

• interdune