Meaning & use
Indenture
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A formal legal agreement, contract, or deed, historically one binding a person to work for another for a set period.
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The young apprentice signed an indenture that bound him to the blacksmith for seven years.
The bond's terms are laid out in a lengthy indenture filed with the trustee.
A note on using this word
Indentures once got their name from the jagged ('indented') edge cut across duplicate copies of a contract so the pieces could later be matched to prove authenticity.
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2. verb
to bind someone by a formal contract, especially into service or apprenticeship
He was indentured to a printer at the age of fourteen.
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