Found 2 items, similar to indenturing.
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: Indenturing
Indenture
\In*den"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Indentured; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Indenturing.]
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1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to
furrow.
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Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.
--Woty.
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2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to
indenture an apprentice.
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