indenture

¹in·den·ture

noun \in-ˈden-chər\

Definition of INDENTURE

1

a (1) : a document or a section of a document that is indented (2) : a formal or official document usually executed in two or more copies (3) : a contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time —often used in plural b : a formal certificate (as an inventory or voucher) prepared for purposes of control c : a document stating the terms under which a security (as a bond) is issued

2

: indentation 1

3

[³indent] : dent

Examples of INDENTURE

1. <the dropped hammer left an indenture in the floor>
2. <made a small indenture to mark the spot where the plank was to be sawed>

Origin of INDENTURE

Middle English endenture, from Anglo-French, from endenter

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to INDENTURE

Synonyms: cavity, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indentation, hole, pit, recess

Antonyms: bulge, camber, convexity, jut, projection, protrusion, protuberance

Related Words: burrow, cave, cavern, ditch, excavation, furrow, groove, gutter, trench, trough; basin, bowl, valley; alcove, cleft, niche, nook, opening, recess, socket; alveolus, dimple, gouge, impression, imprint, notch, pocket; borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole, sinkhole, wallow, water hole, well; abyss, chasm, gulf, vacuity, vacuum, void

Near Antonyms: hill, mound, rise; bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumor

see all synonyms and antonyms

[+]more[-]hide

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi