indenture

n. 契约, 契据, 凹痕 vt. 以契约束缚

发音

US /ɪnˈdɛn.ʃɝ/

词形变化

indentures 复数 indentures indentured indentures 三单 indenturing indenturing 现在分词 indentured 过去式 indentured 过去分词

别名

endenture

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).

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  2. 2.

    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.

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  3. 3.

    A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying either of the above contracts.

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  4. 4.

    An indentation; a recess.

v.
  1. 1.

    To bind a person under such a contract.

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  2. 2.

    To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

    Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

indentation indent indention

上位词 6

place space contract concavity incurvation incurvature

下位词 2

notch cleft
动词

同义词 1

indent

上位词 4

hold bind oblige obligate

词源

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.

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