indenture

汉语翻译

n. 契约, 契据, 凹痕
vt. 以契约束缚
【经】 双联票据, 契约

词型变化：

动词过去式:indentured 过去分词:indentured 现在分词:indenturing 第三人称单数:indentures 

英语解释：

名词 indenture:

1. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
   同义词：indentation
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
   同义词：indentation, indention, indent

动词 indenture:

1. bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
   同义词：indent

例句：

1. He is indenture to a builder.
   他与一建筑工人订了师徒合同。
2. His son was indentured to the local blacksmith.
   他的儿子拜当地的铁匠为师签订了师徒合同。

详细解释：

in.den.ture

n.（名词）
Often indentures A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term.
常作 indentures 服务契约，学徒契约：规定一方须为另一方服务一定时期的契约


A document in duplicate having indented edges.
双联契约：带锯齿状边缘的双联文据
A deed or legal contract executed between two or more parties.
合同，契约：两方或多方间签订的契约或具法律效力的合同
An official or authenticated inventory, list, or voucher.
清单：官方的或经过鉴定的详细目录、单据或收据
Indentation.
凹口
v.tr.（及物动词）
in.den.tured,in.den.tur.ing,in.den.tures
To bind into the service of another by indenture.
以契约约束：按契约的规定为另一方服务
Archaic To form a small depression in (a surface).
【古语】 在（某物体表面）留下轻微的凹痕

来源：
Middle English endenture [a written agreement]
中古英语 endenture [书面合同]
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法语
from endenter [to indent (from the matching notches on multiple copies of the documents)] * see indent
源自 endenter [压印（在有多联的文件上压出锯齿状缺口）] *参见 indent