indenture

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

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