Definitions for indenture

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indenture in·den·ture

Spelling: [in-den-cher]

IPA: /ɪnˈdɛn tʃər/

Indenture is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 304 anagrams from letters in indenture (deeinnrtu).

Definitions for indenture

noun

1. a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
2. any deed, written contract, or sealed agreement.
3. a contract by which a person, as an apprentice, is bound to service.
4. any official or formal list, certificate, etc., authenticated for use as a voucher or the like.
5. the formal agreement between a group of bondholders and the debtor as to the terms of the debt.
6. indentation.

verb (used with object)

1. to bind by indenture, as an apprentice.
2. Archaic. to make a depression in; wrinkle; furrow.

Origin of indenture

First recorded in 1275-1325; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word indentūra. See indent¹, -ure

Examples for indenture

This last corresponds with the number of books in the indenture; Ibid., 179-183.

And in our own country every white apprentice is, in his indenture, called a servant.

But the indenture was in no sense a mark of servitude or slavery.

The indenture was certified and transmitted to the place of destination.

A secret renewal of the indenture was executed simultaneously.

I have broken my indenture, and I think of running the country.'

It is the same in civil law with an indenture at the common law.

It may just be that there was a confusion as to the origin of the indenture which caused the mischief.

But the passage which, for me, is most precious is that Apprentice's "indenture."

Still, there is nothing to show that this indenture was yet in Edward's hands.