indenture
To bind a person under such a contractTo bind a person under such a contract.
» Indentured servitude is often contrasted with chattel slavery.
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2 sensesTo 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.
- bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
Examples
4 sentencesIndentured servitude is often contrasted with chattel slavery.
Indentured servitude and chattel slavery are two completely different things.
These days, it seems like you have to become indentured to be able to afford dentures.
The narrow windows, flanked by deep indentures into the walls, seemed formed rather to exclude than to admit the cheerful light.
Origin
From Anglo-Norman endenture, from Old French endenteure, from endenter (“to dent”). The naFrom 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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Forms
indentures, indenturing, indentured, indentured| Base form | indenture · to indenture |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | indentures |
| Present participle | indenturing |
| Past simple | indentured |
| Past participle | indentured |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonyms- bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant:indent
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.