indent

Noun

• the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

• an order for goods to be exported or imported

Verb

• bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
  • an indentured servant
    

• notch the edge of or make jagged

• make a depression into
  • The bicycle dented my car
    

• cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
  • indent the documents
    

• set in from the margin
  • Indent the paragraphs of a letter
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  indentation , indention , indenture , dent