indenture : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: indenture	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indenture n a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) Synonym(s): indentation, indenture formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line Synonym(s): indentation, indention, indent, indenture v bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" Synonym(s): indenture, indent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. --Heywood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indenture \In*den"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. endenture, OF. endenture, LL. indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented edges. See the Note below. See {Indent}.] 1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented. 2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for {indentures of apprenticeship}, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indenture \Inden"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indentured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indenturing}.] 1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. Though age may creep on, and indenture* the brow. --Woty. 2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.