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1. Set in from the margin
   "Indent the paragraphs of a letter"
    
2. Cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
   "indent the documents"
    
3. Make a depression into
   "The bicycle indented my car";
   - dent
    
4. Notch the edge of or make jagged
    
5. Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
   - indenture

1. [Brit] An order for goods to be exported or imported
    
2. The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
   - indentation, indention, indenture

Derived forms: indents, indented, indenting

Type of: arrange, bend, bind, blank space, cut, deform, flex, format, hold, notch, obligate, oblige, order, place, purchase order, space, turn, twist

Encyclopedia: Indent