| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb indenture.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (indenture) | 1. Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant".[Wordnet]. 2. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.[Websters]. 3. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.[Websters]. 4. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: indenturing, indentured, indentures, indenturer, indenturers, indenturingly and indenturedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "INDENTURING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references) |
Specialty Definition: indenture
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A writing containing a contract. Indentures are generally duplicates, laid together and indented, so that the two papers or parchments correspond to each other. But indenting is often neglected, while the writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Aerospace | A method of showing relationships to indicate dependence and an order of dependence. Indenturing provides a top down breakdown of an item into its assemblies, subassemblies, components, and parts. (references) | ||
| Biology & Biotechnology | A narrow groove in the transverse (i. e. horizontal) wall of a ray cell along the junction with the tangential (i. e. end) wall. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Environment | In conveyancing, formal written instrument made between two or more persons; the name is derived from the ancient practice of indenting or cutting the deed in a waving or saw-tooth line. In this way a part could be proved genuine by the way in which it fit into the angles cut into the other part. (references) | ||
| Finance | 1: (1) the formal agreement between a group of bondholders and the bond issuer containing terms of the debt. (2) a deed, written contract, or sealed agreement. The term derives from an old practice of actually indenting the deed by cutting or tearing it in half with a jagged or indented edge so that the two parts could subsequently by matched by the grantor and the grantee. (references) | 2: An agreement between the issuing company and the bond trustee, specifying the rights of the bond holders and the obligations of the company. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Law | INDENTURE, conveyancing. 1. An instrument of writing containing a conveyance or contract between two or more persons, usually indented or cut unevenly, or in and out, on the top or, side. 2. Formerly it was common to make two instruments exactly alike, and it was then usual to write both on the same parchment, with some words or letters written between them, through which the parchment was cut, either in a straight or indented line, in such a manner as to leave one-half of the word on one part, and half on the other. The instrument usually commences with these words, "This indenture," which were not formerly sufficient, unless the parchment or paper was actually indented to make an indenture 5 Co. 20; but now, if the form of indenting the parchment be wanting, it may be supplied by being done in court, this being mere form. Besides, it would be exceedingly difficult with even the most perfect instruments, to out parchment or paper without indenting it. Vide Bac. Ab. Leases, &c. E 2; Com. Dig. Fait, C, and note d; Litt. sec. 370; Co. Litt. 143 b, 229 a; Cruise, Dig t. 32, c. 1, s. 24; 2 Bl. Com. 294; 1 Sess. Cas. 222. (references) | ||
| Literature | Indenture A written contract; so called because the skin on which it was written in duplicate was divided with an indented edge, to fit into each other. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice). (references) | 2: [Noun] (law) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract. (references) | 3: [Noun] An indentation. (references) | 4: [Verb] To bind a person under such a contract. (references) |
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Common Expressions: indenture
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Trust Indenture Act of 1939 | The United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 regulates interstate selling (not government securities or private placements). It requires a corporation to appoint a trustee to act for the benefit of the bond holders. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: indenture
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Trust indenture | Finance | See deed of trust. (references) | |
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