indenture
n 契约，合同（in+dent+ure→古代契约锯成锯齿状，一分为二，一人一半）
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indenture
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◙ noun1. a formal legal agreement, contract, or document, in particular• 正式的法律协议（或合同、文件)，尤指 (historical)a deed of contract of which copies were made for the contracting parties with the edges indented for identification• [史] （以锯齿线分成两份以便验证真伪的）双联（或多联）契约 a formal list, certificate, or inventory• 一览表；证明书；清单 an agreement binding an apprentice to a master• 师徒契约 »the 30 apprentices have received their indentures on completion of their training. 那30名学徒结束培训后得到了师徒契约。 [mass noun] the fact of being bound to service by such an agreement• 定下师徒契约 »men in their first year after indenture to the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. 与华特门和莱特门公司定下师徒契约后第一年服务的人。 (historical)a contract by which a person agreed to work for a set period for a landowner in a British colony in exchange for passage to the colony• [史] （为进入英国殖民地而与该殖民地土地所有者签订的）定期工作合同◙ verb1. [with obj.] [一般作 be indentured to] (chiefly historical)bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or labourer• [主史] 使签约为学徒（或劳工）【派生】
♦ indentureship noun【语源】
1. late Middle English endenture, via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin indentura, from indentatus, past participle of indentare (see indent )
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