in·den·ture /ɪnˈdɛn(t)ʃɚ/
 契約,貨單,凹痕(vt.)以契約束縛
 In·den·ture n.
 1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
 2. Law A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate, sometimes with the edges indented for purpose of identification; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.
    The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part.   --C. Leslie.
 Note: ☞ Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together and indented by a notched cut or line, or else written on the same piece of parchment and separated by a notched line so that the two papers or parchments corresponded to each other. But indenting has gradually become a mere form, and is often neglected, while the writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures.
 In·den·ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indentured p. pr. & vb. n. Indenturing.]
 1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
    Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.   --Woty.
 2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.
 In·den·ture, v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
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 indenture
      n 1: a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
           [syn: 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 [syn: indentation, indent]
      v : bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or
          servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: indent]