Indenture

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ɪnˈdÉ›n.ʃɝ/

Alternative forms

• endenture

Origin

Anglo-Norman endenture, from Old French endenteure, from endenter.

Full definition of indenture

Noun

1. (legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
2. (legal) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
3. An indentation.

Verb

1. To bind a person under such a contract.
2. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.

Derived terms

• indenturedness
• indentured servant
• indentureship

Anagrams

• interdune