different between indenture vs unindentured

English

Alternative forms

• endenture

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman endenture, from Old French endenteure, from endenter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d?n.??/

Noun

indenture (plural indentures)

1. (law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
2. (law) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
3. An indentation.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Verb

indenture (third-person singular simple present indentures, present participle indenturing, simple past and past participle indentured)

1. To bind a person under such a contract.
2. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:pact
• Thesaurus:agreement

Derived terms

• indenturer
• indenturee
• indentureship
• reindenture
• nonindentured
• indenturedness
• indentured servant
• unindentured

Related terms

• indent

See also

• oppisopimus
• girmit
• bondslavery
• bondslave
• bondsman
• bondservant
• bonded labor

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “indenture”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• interdune

English

Etymology

un- +? indentured

Adjective

unindentured (not comparable)

1. Not indentured