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indenture

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. indenture (verb)
  2. indentured labor (noun)
  3. indentured servant (noun)

2indenture

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

Definition of INDENTURE

transitive verb
: 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

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