1. A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
   "The apprentice signed an indenture agreeing to work for the master craftsman for seven years"
    
2. Formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
   "The indenture specified the interest rate and maturity date of the corporate bonds"
    
3. A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
   "The contract had an indenture at the top of each page";
   - indentation
    
4. The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
   "The paragraph's indenture helped organize the text visually";
   - indentation, indention, indent

1. Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
   "an indentured servant";
   - indent

Derived forms: indentures, indentured, indenturing

Type of: bind, blank space, concave shape, concavity, contract, hold, incurvation, incurvature, obligate, oblige, place, space, written agreement

Encyclopedia: Indenture