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Definitions: Indenture |
IndentureNoun1. A concave shape in a surface or edge or coastline etc. 2. Formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt. 3. A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term. 4. The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line. Verb1. Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "indenture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
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) |
Finance | 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) |
| (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) | |
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. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: IndentureSynonyms: indent (n), indentation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Compact | Noun: compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation; pact, paction; bond, covenant, indenture; bundobast, deal. |
Security | Muniment, title deed, instrument; deed, deed poll; assurance, indenture; charter; (compact); charter poll; paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Indenture |
| English words defined with "indenture": Escalop ♦ Indentment, Indenturing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "indenture": advance redemption, anticipated redemption ♦ early repayment ♦ optimal redemption ♦ redemption at option, redemption call ♦ trust indenture. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Indenture" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (indenture). |
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Worker Rights | United Arab Emirates | However, some employment agents bring foreign workers to the country under conditions approaching indenture. (references) |
Bolivia | There are no controls over the benefits to, or treatment of, such children, who may become virtual slaves for the years of their indenture. (references) | |
Bolivia | Criaditos are indigenous children of both sexes, usually 10 to 12 years old, whom their parents indenture to middle- and upper-class families to perform household work in exchange for education, clothing, room, and board. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Indenture" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Indenture" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 50 | 48,117 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
indenture | 22 |
act indenture trust | 5 |
1939 act indenture trust | 4 |
trust indenture | 3 |
bond indenture | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "indenture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | marrëveshje me shkrim, kontratë stazhi, kontratë (agreement, bond, compact, contract, covenant, treaty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فراغ يترك في أول الفقرة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | официален списък (indent), назъбване (indent, indentation), назъбеност (dentation, indentation, serration), инвентарен списък (indent, muster), документ в два екземпляра (indent), договор в два екземпляра (indent), договор между чирак и майстор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 契约 (Concordat, contractual, Covenant, PACT). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zoubkovat (engrail, jag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trustakte (contract of trusteeship, deed of trust, fiduciary agreement, trust deed), leerovereenkomst (apprentice's indenture, articles of apprenticeship), leerkontrakt (apprentice's indenture, articles of apprenticeship), leercontract (apprentice's indenture, articles of apprenticeship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | oppisopimus (apprentice's indenture, articles of apprenticeship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | indenture. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vertraglich verpflichten, Treuhändervertrag (deed of trust, trust deed), Lehrvertrag (apprentice's indenture, articles of apprenticeship, indentures), Einrücken der Teilenummern, Einkerbung (indent, indentation, nick, notch), ausbildungsvertrag (articles of apprenticeship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμβόλαιο (agreement, compact, contract, covenant, stipulation, written document), εγκοπή (cell, detent, dimple for a shot pin, groove, incising, incision, indentation, nick, notch, recess, score, seed cell, slash, slot, slotting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kétoldali szerzõdés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | insenatura (arm of the sea, bay, cove, Creek, estuary, inlet, seainlet), scrittura fiduciaria (deed of trust, trust deed), dentellatura (dentation, indent, indentation, perforation, scallop, serration, serration hackle, shark teeth), dentatura (cogging, dentition, gear teeth, set of teeth, teeth, tooth, toothing), contratto fiduciario (deed of trust, trust, trust deed), contratto di apprendistato (apprentice's indenture, articles of apprenticeship), contratto (agreement, bargain, contract, indent, publisher's contract). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 年期奉公 (apprenticeship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ね"きぼう"う (apprenticeship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | screeuyn prindeisagh, cur fo prindeisaght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | indentureay recorte (cant, clipping, cutting, cutting up, dide view, indent, indention, jag, jagg, knockout, profile, scribing, shearing, silhouette, snip, snippet), entalhe (cannelure, cell, chase, croze, cutting, Dent, dimple for a shot pin, dovetail, fillister, furrow, gab, gain, groove, grooving, hack, indent, indentation, insert, intaglio, jag, jagg, kerf, milled slot, mortice, mortise, Nick, notch, rabbet, rebate, seed cell, slot, slot mortice, snick, tissue, tissue-paper). (various references) ucenicie (apprenticeship, articles, noviciate, novitiate, tirocinium), document (act, bill, charter, deed, document, file, muniment, paper, record, title, writ), dantelare (indent, lacing), crestãturã (channel, hack, louver, Nick, notch, score, scotch, slash, slot, snick), contract (article, contract, convention, covenant, deed), ştirbiturã, angaja prin contract. (various references) вырез (cut, gain, neckline, notch), абзац (indent, indentation, indention, paragraph, rubric), договор (agreement, arrangement, compact, concord, concordat, contract, convention, covenant, non-aggression pact, pact, treaty). (various references) ugovor (agreement, contract, missive, pact, treaty), pogoditi se, dokument (document). (various references) instrumento (agent, appliance, cat's paw, flute, implement, instrument, means, tool, wood), escritura fiduciaria (deed of trust, trust deed), escritura (a b c, a.b.c., abc, cuneiform, deed, document, hand, handwriting, instrument, script, scripture, writ, writing), escribir (enter, get off, join up, keep, pen, spell, write, write in, write off, write out, write up), entalladura (cell, flute, milled slot, notch, seed cell), contrato fiduciario (deed of trust, trust deed), contrato de aprendizaje (articles of apprenticeship), carta partida. (various references) lärlingskontrakt (apprentice's indenture, articles of apprenticeship, indent). (various references) senet (bill, bond, commercial paper, copy, instrument, muniment, note, obligation, proof, script, voucher), sözleşme kâğıdı, sözleşme (agreement, articles, charter, compact, contract, contractual, covenant, engagement, oral contract, pact), kontrat (agreement, charter, contract), diş diş olma (indentation, indention), diş açma (indention). (various references) угода з дублікатом, робити вирізи, відбиток (cachet, impress, impression, imprint, mintage, overprint, press, pressure, print, seal, trace, track), опис (anagraph, calendar, depiction, description, exposition), зв'язувати договором. (various references) bản giao kèo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "indenture": indentured, indentures. (additional references) | |
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"Indenture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: endenture, identure, indentor, indentors, inderture, inenture, inventure. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "indenture" (pronounced i'nde"nkher) |
| 5 | -d e" n kh er | denture. |
| 4 | -e" n kh er | adventure, bencher, Clencher, debenture, misadventure, quencher, trencher, venture. |
| 3 | -n kh er | clincher, cruncher, launcher, licensure, Pincher, rancher. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-n-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: indenter, intender, interned, inturned, retinued, reunited, unrented. | |
-2 letters: dentine, denture, detinue, dunnite, erudite, interne, intrude, inurned, neurine, retinue, retuned, reunite, tenured, turdine, untired, untried, uterine. | |
-3 letters: denier, dentin, dieter, dinner, dunite, dunner, endite, endrin, endure, entire, enured, indene, indent, intend, intern, inturn, inured, nereid, neuter, reedit, reined, rennet, rented, retied, retine, retune, rident. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-n-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: indentured, indentures. | |
+2 letters: superintend, turpentined, undereating. | |
+3 letters: countermined, instrumented, superintends, unchristened, underletting, underwritten, undetermined, ungentrified, ungerminated, unintegrated, uninterested, unpretending, unrestrained. | |
+4 letters: counterbidden, countersigned, disburdenment, equiponderant, overindulgent, superintended, underinflated, underreacting, understeering, unfriendliest, uninterrupted. | |
+5 letters: counterpointed, counterstained, disburdenments, disgruntlement, nondestructive, superconfident, superintendent, superintending, uncredentialed, underreporting, undeterminable, unrestrainedly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 64 65 6E 74 75 72 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.. . -. - ..- .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n d e n t u r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0064 0065 006E 0074 0075 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438070718086878471 |
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