indenture
/in-den-cher/US // ɪnˈdɛn tʃər //UK // (ɪnˈdɛntʃə) //
契约,契约书,协议书,约定
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n.名词 noun
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- : a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- : any deed, written contract, or sealed agreement.
- : a contract by which a person, as an apprentice, is bound to service.
- : any official or formal list, certificate, etc., authenticated for use as a voucher or the like.
- : the formal agreement between a group of bondholders and the debtor as to the terms of the debt.
- : indentation.
v.有主动词 verb
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in·den·tured, in·den·tur·ing.
- : to bind by indenture, as an apprentice.
- : Archaic. to make a depression in; wrinkle; furrow.
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Examples
But the pressure of need compelled his father to indenture him at an early age to a dyer in Lectourne.
But her small boot heel did not make an indenture, not a mark upon the little glittering circlet.
All the deeds above mentioned except an indenture, are signed only by the selling or granting party.
The new form of indenture also required the master to allow each apprentice a reasonable holiday in every year.
As showing the position of an apprentice in the 15th century a Shrewsbury Indenture is given as a note to this Chapter.
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