Found 2 items, similar to Indenture.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: indenture indenture n 1: a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) [syn: indentation] 2: formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt 3: a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term 4: the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: indentation, indent] v : bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; “an indentured servant” [syn: indent]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Indenture Indenture \In*den"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. endenture, OF. endenture, LL. indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented edges. See the Note below. See Indent.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate, sometimes with the edges indented for purpose of identification; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master. [1913 Webster] The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part. --C. Leslie. [1913 Webster] Note: Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together and indented 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence: A contract by which anyone is bound to service. [PJC] Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indentured; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenturing.] [1913 Webster] 1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. [1913 Webster] Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. --Woty. [1913 Webster] 2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice. [1913 Webster] Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. --Heywood. [1913 Webster]