Definition of indenture Indenture

/ɪndɛˈnʧɚ/ - [indencher] - in•den•ture

We found 16 definitions of indenture from 5 different sources.

What does indenture mean?

Noun Plural: indentures
indenture - a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
		contract a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
indenture - formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
indenture - a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
		indentation
		concave shape, incurvature, concavity, incurvation a shape that curves or bends inward
		notch a small cut
		notch a small cut
indenture - the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
		indentation, indention, indent
		blank space, space, place the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"
Verb indentures, indenturing, indentured
indenture - bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant"
		indent
		obligate, oblige, bind, hold commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"

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indenture (Noun)
A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time often as an apprentice.
indenture (Noun)
A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
indenture (Noun)
An indentation.
indenture (Verb)
To bind a person under such a contract.

indenture (n.)
The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
indenture (n.)
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.
indenture (v. t.)
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
indenture (v. t.)
To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.
indenture (v. i.)
To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.