indenture.
A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
Meaning & usage
A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.
A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying either of the above contracts.
An indentation; a recess.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman endenture, from Old French endenteure, from endenter (“to dent”). The name of the contract derives from the irregular dent-shaped cut (indentation) used to prove the authenticity of the two parts, similar to a chirograph.
To bind a person under such a contract.
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman endenture, from Old French endenteure, from endenter (“to dent”). The name of the contract derives from the irregular dent-shaped cut (indentation) used to prove the authenticity of the two parts, similar to a chirograph.
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