bind by indenture
1indenture — [in den′chər] n. [ME endenture < OFr & < ML indentura: see INDENT1: now used also as if < INDENT2] 1. Now Rare INDENTATION 2. a written contract or agreement: originally, it was in duplicate, the two copies having correspondingly notched …
2indenture — indentureship, n. /in den cheuhr/, n., v., indentured, indenturing. n. 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.… …
3indenture — I. n. 1. Written contract, document, instrument, legal instrument. 2. Indented state, indentation. II. v. a. Indent, bind by indenture …
4indenture — in•den•ture [[t]ɪnˈdɛn tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing 1) a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented 2) law a contract by which a person, as an apprentice, is bound to service 3) bus an official or… …
5indenture — /ɪnˈdɛntʃə / (say in denchuh) noun 1. any deed, contract, or sealed agreement between two or more parties. 2. a contract by which a person, as an apprentice, is bound to service. 3. any official or formal list, certificate, etc., authenticated… …
6indenture — in·den·ture /in den chər/ n [Old French endenture an indented document, from endenter to indent (divide a document into sections with irregular edges that can be matched for authentication), from en thoroughly + dent tooth] 1: a document stating… …
7Bind — Bind, v. t. [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly {Bounden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binding}.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind …
8bind — / bīnd/ vt bound / bau̇nd/, bind·ing 1 a: to make responsible for an obligation (as under a contract) agents have the power to bind the insurer R. I. Mehr b: to burden with an obligation prevented married women from bind ing …
9Indenture — In*den ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indentured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indenturing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. [1913 Webster] Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. Woty. [1913 Webster]… …
10indenture — ► NOUN 1) a formal agreement, contract, or list, formerly one of which copies with indented edges were made for the contracting parties. 2) an agreement binding an apprentice to a master. 3) historical a contract by which a person agreed to work… …
