indenture

¹in·den·ture

noun \in-ˈden-chər\

Definition of INDENTURE

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

[³indent] : dent

Examples of INDENTURE

1. <the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor>
2. <made a small indenture to mark the spot where the plank was to be sawed>

Origin of INDENTURE

Middle English endenture, from Anglo-French, from endenter

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to INDENTURE

Synonyms

cavity, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indentation, hole, pit, recess

Antonyms

bulge, camber, convexity, jut, projection, protrusion, protuberance

Related Words

burrow, cave, cavern, ditch, excavation, furrow, groove, gutter, trench, trough; basin, bowl, valley; alcove, cleft, niche, nook, opening, recess, socket; alveolus, dimple, gouge, impression, imprint, notch, pocket; borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole, sinkhole, wallow, water hole, well; abyss, chasm, gulf, vacuity, vacuum, void

Near Antonyms

hill, mound, rise; bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumor

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

²indenture

transitive verb

in·den·turedin·den·tur·ing \-ˈden-ch(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of INDENTURE

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

First Known Use of INDENTURE

1676

Rhymes with INDENTURE

adventure, backbencher, debenture, front-bencher