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Inflections of 'indenture ' (v ): (⇒ conjugate )indentures v 3rd person singular indenturing v pres p indentured v past indentured v past p
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026 in•den•ture
(in den′ chər),USA pronunciation n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. n.
a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
Law any deed, written contract, or sealed agreement.
Law a contract by which a person, as an apprentice, is bound to service.
Business any official or formal list, certificate, etc., authenticated for use as a voucher or the like.
Business the formal agreement between a group of bondholders and the debtor as to the terms of the debt.
indentation.
v.t.
Law to bind by indenture, as an apprentice.
[ Archaic.] to make a depression in; indent; wrinkle; furrow.
Medieval Latin indentūra. See indent 1 , -ure Middle English 1275–1325
in•den′ ture•ship′ , n.
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indenture /ɪnˈdɛntʃə / n any deed, contract, or sealed agreement between two or more parties (formerly) a deed drawn up in duplicate, each part having correspondingly indented edges for identification and security (often plural ) a contract between an apprentice and his or her master a less common word for indentation vb (intransitive ) to enter into an agreement by indenture (transitive ) to bind (an apprentice, servant, etc) by indenture inˈdentureˌship n
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