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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indentured}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Indenturing}.]
   1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to
      furrow.

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

   2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to
      indenture an apprentice.

Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. i.
   To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
   --Heywood.

Indenture \In*den"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. endenture, OF.
   endenture, LL. indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented
   edges. See the Note below. See {Indent}.]
   1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

   2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more
      parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or
      duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for
      {indentures of apprenticeship}, the contract by which a
      youth is bound apprentice to a master.

資料來源 : WordNet®

indenture
     n 1: a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
          [syn: {indentation}]
     2: formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the
        bondholders as to terms of the debt
     3: a contract binding one party into the service of another for
        a specified term
     4: the space left between the margin and the start of an
        indented line [syn: {indentation}, {indent}]
     v : bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or
         servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: {indent}]