indenture

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

Similar word(s): indentation

Definition categories: shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature

2. formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt

Definition categories: communication

3. a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term

Definition categories: communication, contract

4. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

Similar word(s): indent, indentation, indention

Definition categories: communication, place, space

verb

1. bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

- an indentured servant

Similar word(s): indent

Definition categories: communication, bind, hold, obligate, oblige

Sentences with indenture as a verb:

- Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.