[ ɪn'dɛntʃə ]
■ noun a formal agreement, contract, or list, formerly one of which copies with indented edges were made for the contracting parties.
↘an agreement binding an apprentice to a master.
↘ historical a contract by which a person agreed to work for a set period for a colonial landowner in exchange for passage to the colony.
■ verb chiefly historical bind by an ~.
Derivatives
~ship noun