bind+by+indenture
21indenture — 1. noun the validity of the indenture was in question Syn: contract, agreement, compact, deal, covenant, bond 2. verb Taylor was indentured by the age of twelve Syn: bind, contract, employ, apprentice; Law article …
22bind — I. verb (bound; binding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bindan; akin to Old High German bintan to bind, Greek peisma cable, Sanskrit badhnāti he ties Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to make secure by tying b. to… …
23bind — verb (past and past participle bound) 1》 tie or fasten (something) tightly together. ↘restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet. ↘wrap or encircle (something) tightly. 2》 hold in a united or cohesive group or mass. ↘hold or… …
24indenture — I. noun Etymology: Middle English endenture, from Anglo French, from endenter Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a document or a section of a document that is indented (2) a formal or official document usually executed in two or more copies (3) a… …
25indenture — 1. noun a) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice). b) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract. 2. verb To bind …
26indenture — in·den·ture || ɪn dentʃə(r) n. contract which binds a person to serve another for a specified period of time; written agreement made in duplicate; deed, contract, agreement; indentation v. bind a person in service to another for a specified… …
27indenture — n 1. contract, compact, covenant, deal; written agreement, deed, lease, document, certificate; legal document, cartel, acknowledgment, written acknowledgment, written guarantee, written warranty, written pledge or promise, stipulation; bond,… …
28indenture — n. written agreement, originally torn or cut into two parts along a jagged line; pl., agreement between master and apprentice; v.t. notch; wrinkle; bind by contract …
29indenture — n. & v. n. 1 an indented document (see INDENT(1) v. 2). 2 a sealed agreement or contract (usu. in pl.). 3 a formal list, certificate, etc. v.tr. hist. bind (a person) by indentures, esp. as an apprentice. Derivatives: indentureship n. Etymology:… …
30To bind over — Bind Bind, v. t. [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly {Bounden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binding}.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to… …
