indenture

indenture
[ɪnˈdɛntʃə]
noun
  1. 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
verb
  1. [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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