Definition of "indenture" in İngilizce

noun

1. (law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).

2. (law) A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.

3. (law, often in the plural) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying either of the above contracts.

4. An indentation; a recess.

verb

1. (law) To bind a person under such a contract.

2. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

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