INDENTURE


Meaning of INDENTURE in English

/ ɪnˈdentʃə(r); NAmE / noun

a type of contract in the past that forced a servant or apprentice to work for their employer for a particular period of time

►  in·den·tured adjective

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English endenture , via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin indentura , from indentatus , past participle of indentare , from en- , in- into + Latin dens , dent- tooth.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.