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ɪnˈdɛntʃə/
n.
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.
v.
chiefly historical bind by an indenture.
Derivative