Indenture Synonyms

ĭn-dĕnchər
The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. indentation
  2. agreement
  3. contract
  4. compact
  5. arrangement
  6. document
  7. indention
  8. indent
Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. indent

Indenture Sentence Examples

  • At the end of the session the children will be asked to sign an indenture to become apprentices for a period of 7 years.

  • In 1810, by which year the number of slaves had increased to 237, the anti-slavery party was strong enough to secure the repeal of the indenture law, which had received the unwilling acquiescence of Governor Harrison.

  • One of the most important of the properties of a fine florists' tulip is that the cup should form, when expanded, from half to a third of a hollow ball, the six divisions of the perianth being broad at the ends, and smooth at the edges, so that the divisions may scarcely show on indenture.

  • These efforts consisted in (1) a law regulating the status of " servants," by which it was sought to establish a legal relation between master and slave; (2) a law by which it was sought to establish practical slavery by a system of indenture.

  • The pernicious practice of livery and maintenance was now at its zenith; all over England in times of stress the knighthood and gentry were wont to pledge themselves, by sealed bonds of indenture, to follow the magnate whom they thought best able to protect them.

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