indenture

1. n. The act of indenting, or state of being indented. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. Source: opted

4. v. t. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice. Source: opted

5. v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. Source: opted

6. n. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) Source: wordnet

7. n. formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt Source: wordnet

8. n. a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term Source: wordnet

9. n. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line Source: wordnet

10. v. bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant Source: wordnet

11. 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. The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part. C. Leslie. Note: Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together and intended by a notched cut or line, or else written on the same piece of parchment and separated by a notched line so that the two papers or parchments corresponded to each other. But indenting has gradually become a mere form, and is often neglected, while the writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures. 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. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. Heywood. Source: webster

12. A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties,whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimesin the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, thecontract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair ofindentures: they answer in every part. C. Leslie. Source: adambom

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