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How to pronounce indenture in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms indentation
Type of incurvature, incurvation, concave shape, concavity
Has types notch, cleft
Type Words
Synonyms indent, indentation, indention
Type of blank space, place, space
Type Words
Synonyms indent
Type of oblige, bind, hold, obligate


an indentured servant.
Type Words
Type of contract
Derivation indent
Type Words
Type of written agreement

Examples of indenture

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A copy of the trust indenture is available from Pacific Corporate Trust Company.
From the foxbusiness.com
To keep costs down, the state allows individual employers to indenture people.
From the economist.com
Research suggests he may have become free from either slavery or indenture by 1640.
From the inrich.com
Indenture as an apprentice of course was as you say, a contract, often for 5 years.
From the economist.com
However after the death of the 16th Earl the indenture was allowed to lapse.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He was sold to the John Robinson circus and apparently never warmed to his indenture.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It also is not a solicitation of consents to the proposed amendments to the indenture.
From the foxbusiness.com
However, territorial governments evaded this law by use of indenture laws.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There's no sense letting them indenture themselves to the wealthy that early in life.
From the healthland.time.com
More examples
  • Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant"
  • Indentation: a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
  • Formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
  • A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
  • Indentation: the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
  • (indentured) apprenticed: bound by contract
  • An Indenture is a legal contract reflecting a debt or purchase obligation, specifically referring to two types of practices: in historical usage, an indentured servant status, and in modern usage, an instrument used for commercial debt or real estate transaction.
  • A deed or other document executed by both parties.
  • A deed or other real estate contract executed between two or more parties.