indenture

== English == === Alternative forms === endenture (obsolete) === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman endenture, from Old French endenteure, from endenter (“to dent”). The name of the contract derives from the irregular dent-shaped cut (indentation) used to prove the authenticity of the two parts, similar to a chirograph. === Pronunciation === (General American) 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 contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties. (law, often in the plural) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying either of the above contracts. An indentation; a recess. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === indenture (third-person singular simple present indentures, present participle indenturing, simple past and past participle indentured) (law) To bind a person under such a contract. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== indent ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bondslavery bondslave bondsman bondservant bonded labour === References === === Anagrams === interdune