indenture
英 [ɪnˈdentʃə(r)] 美 [ɪnˈdɛntʃɚ]

n.

契约；合同；正式凭单；文据

vt.

以契约束缚（学徒）；

变形

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

英英释义

indenture[ in'dentʃə ]

• n.
  • a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

    同义词：indentation

  • formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
  • a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
  • the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

    同义词：indentationindentionindent

• v.bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

  "an indentured servant"

  同义词：indent

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Soon thereafter, private agents scoured the ports taverns, and countryside to sign on workers for indenture.
   此后不久，私人机构迅速搜查港口的小客栈和乡下地区，来招募契约仆役。
2. The indenture contract was a device that enabled people to pay for their passage to America by selling their labor to someone in the New World for a specified period of time.
   契约是使人们以向新大陆的某个雇主在一段时间里出卖劳动力的方式来支付其赴美旅费的手段。

权威例句

Indenture
Capacitated two-indenture models for repairable item systems
Computerized indenture plan allocation determination management and reporting system
Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) (Aboriginal Heritage) Amendment Act, 1997, No. 79
A Model For a Multi-Item, Multi-Echelon, Multi-Indenture Inventory System
An empirical investigation of the role of indenture provisions in determining bond ratings
An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Indenture Provisions in Determining Debt Ratings
Multi-echelon, multi-indenture spare parts inventory control subject to system availability and budget constraints
VARI-METRIC: IMPROVED APPROXIMATIONS FOR MULTI-INDENTURE, MULTI-ECHELON AVAILABILITY MODELS
Effects of finite repair capacity in multi-echelon, multi-indenture service part supply systems