Indenture



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 契约, 合同
• ［英］ n. 契约, 合同 ( a written contract or agreement)
• ［记］ in ( 进入) +dent ( 牙齿) +ure ( 状态) , 原指古代师徒间分割成锯齿状的契约

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English endenture, from Anglo-French, from endenter
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) a document or a section of a document that is indented
    • (2) a formal or official document usually executed in two or more copies
    • (3) a contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time — often used in plural
  • b. a formal certificate (as an inventory or voucher) prepared for purposes of control
  • c. a document stating the terms under which a security (as a bond) is issued
• 2. indentation 1
• 3. \［indent (III)\］ dent

II. transitive verb (indentured; indenturing)

• Date: 1676
• to bind (as an apprentice) by or as if by indentures

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