indenture

/in'dentʃə/

Thân thiện

The apprentice signed an indenture to learn the trade.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A formal legal contract or agreement: Specifically, a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term, historically used for apprentices or servants.
   • A formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders: This specifies the terms of the debt.
   • A concave cut or notch: A cut into a surface or edge, such as in a coastline or a piece of paper.
   • The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line: In writing or printing, this is the indentation.

2. Verb:

   • To bind by a formal contract: To bind someone, such as an apprentice or servant, by or as if by an indenture.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • The young apprentice signed an indenture to serve the blacksmith for seven years.
  • The bond indenture outlines the interest rate and maturity date.
  • The coastline was marked by deep indentures where the sea met the land.
  • Set a 1-inch indenture for the first line of each paragraph.

• Verb (often used in past participle form):

  • He was indentured to a ship's captain to learn navigation.

Advanced Usage

• "To take up one's indentures": To retrieve or be released from a contract of apprenticeship or service upon its completion.

  • After five years of service, he was able to take up his indentures and start his own business.

• "Indentured servant": A person bound by a contract to work for another for a specific period, often in exchange for passage to a new country or training.

  • Many early colonists arrived in America as indentured servants.

Variants and Related Words

• Indent (verb): To start a line of text further from the margin than other lines; to form a recess or notch.
  • Please indent the first line of your essay.
• Indentation (noun): The action of indenting or the state of being indented; a deep recess or notch.
  • The indentation in the wood was made by a hammer.

Synonyms

• Contract: A written or spoken agreement.
• Covenant: A formal and binding agreement.
• Notch: A V-shaped cut or indentation.
• Recess: A small space created by building part of a wall further back.

Related Phrases

• Articles of indenture: The specific terms and conditions within an indenture contract.
  • The articles of indenture specified the apprentice's duties and his master's obligations.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
2. a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
3. formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
4. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

Verb

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

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• indentation
• indention
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