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indentured — in‧den‧tured [ɪnˈdentʆəd ǁ ərd] adjective [only before a noun] 1. FINANCE indentured lenders are ones covered by an indenture agreement when bonds are Issued (= made available and sold) 2. LAW an indentured worker is one who must work for an… … Financial and business terms
indentured — adj. Bound by contract to work for another for a specified period of time. Syn: apprenticed, articled, bound. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
indentured — adjective apprenticed, articled, bound by agreement, bound by contract, contracted, engaged, enslaved, obligated, obliged, promised, tied down, under obligation associated concepts: indentured apprentice Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C.… … Law dictionary
indentured — articled, *bound, bond … New Dictionary of Synonyms
indentured — [[t]ɪnde̱ntʃə(r)d[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n In the past, an indentured worker was one who was forced to work for someone for a period of time, because of an agreement made by people in authority. Daniel arrived in Maryland as an indentured servant … English dictionary
Indentured — Indenture In*den ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indentured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indenturing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow. [1913 Webster] Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. Woty. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
indentured — adj. Indentured is used with these nouns: ↑labourer, ↑servant … Collocations dictionary
indentured — adjective /ɪn.dɛn.ʧɚd/ Subject to an indenture … Wiktionary
indentured — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. obligated, contracted, articled, enslaved; see bound 2 … English dictionary for students
indentured — in|den|tured [ ın dentʃərd ] adjective LEGAL forced by a contract to work for an employer for a fixed period of time … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
