Definition of indenture in English:

indenture

noun ɪnˈdɛntʃəˌɪnˈdɛn(t)ʃər

1A legal agreement, contract, or document.
正式的法律协议（或合同、文件等），尤指
Synonyms
contract, agreement, covenant, compact, bond, pledge, promise, warrant, undertaking, commitment, settlement, arrangement, understanding
1. 1.1historical A deed or contract of which copies were made for the contracting parties with the edges indented for identification and to prevent forgery.
  〈史〉（以锯齿线分成两份以便验证真伪的）双联（或多联）契约
  Example sentencesExamples
  The two halves of the indenture, preserved in the Records Office of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, show that Shakespeare was represented by his brother Gilbert.
  Similarly, violations of bondholder rights by persons other than the company generally will not result in a breach of the bond indenture, since these persons are not party to the indenture.
  At the dawn of the twentieth-century, baby farms provoked sensation, newspapers advertised babies, and indentures and deeds were still used to exchange children.
  The name Sheldon appears alongside those of Shakespeare's friends in Warwickshire indentures and conveyances, and in the medical casebook of Shakespeare's son-in-law.
  By an indenture of the same date executed by them, the Somerset Estate was appointed and transferred to the 4th Duke.
2. 1.2 A formal list, certificate, or inventory.
  一览表；证明书；清单
  indentures recording the number of 1377 taxpayers
  Example sentencesExamples
  Many of the local indentures of the fifteenth century survive too; at first glance they seem informative, but can be misleading as to electoral method.
  This can be expressed as a ratio or as the conversion price, and is specified in the indenture along with other provisions.
  The creditors said that the bond indenture allowed a foreclosure on the company's assets in lieu of repayment.
  The rights of bondholders are determined differently because a bond agreement, or indenture, represents a contract between the issuer and the bondholder.
  The indenture conveying these rights was left in the hands of George Holdrege of the Burlington railroad.
  The indenture system was based on the assumption that the owner of an indenture owned a human property, and the 1818 Constitution upheld the standing validity of all contracts, including indentures.
  The contractual remedy provided for in the trust indenture did not preclude alternative relief being granted under the oppression remedy.
3. 1.3 An agreement binding an apprentice to a master.
  师徒契约
  the 30 apprentices have received their indentures on completion of their training
  那30名学徒结束培训后得到了师徒契约。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Apprentices' indentures issued by the Edinburgh College of Surgeons in the 1720s forbad trainees to exhume the dead - which suggests that they had been doing so.
  After Xavier bought out my indentures, I was presented with a number of careers.
  We note that in The Parish of St Pancras case an attorney's clerk, articled by indenture, was held to be an apprentice and to gain a settlement as such for poor law purposes.
  The company employing him went bankrupt, his indentures were cancelled and he was now totally without any future.
  Shakespeare was married at the age of 19 to Anne Hathaway, probably before his indenture to the butcher was over.
  His medical training began in 1820 with his indenture to a local surgeon.
  Fortunately he was literate and his indenture involved legal training.
  Paddy can be clever and quick-witted enough when presented with an opportunity to shirk the duties set forth in his indentures, but otherwise he's as weak-minded as a fish.
  Apprenticeship indentures from the 1880s make interesting reading.
4. 1.4mass noun The state of being bound to service by an indenture.
  定下师徒契约
  the bracelet on his wrist represented his indenture to his master
  Example sentencesExamples
  Today, we are shocked when young children are put to work for pennies a day in India, or China, in conditions of indenture that approximate slavery.
  This was referred to as ‘adoption’ and was distinct from binding them to labor for a master under indenture.
  Even girls without a good relationship with their parents forgave them and accepted their indenture as a filial duty.
  The indenture records the terms on which a man was engaged to serve his lord; it would normally specify his wages and, if it was a long-service contract, his retaining fee.
  The second difference between the Han and aboriginal indentured girls is the family members involved in their indenture.
  The lord could not seize the laborer's property, sell the indenture to a third party, or sell the laborer into slavery.
  Parents also begged the girls not to reveal the parents' involvement in the indenture to the police, and accused the girls of being unfilial if they did.
5. 1.5historical A contract by which a person agreed to work for a set period for a landowner in a British colony in exchange for passage to the colony.
  〈史〉（为进入英国殖民地而与该殖民地土地所有者签订的）定期工作合同
  Example sentencesExamples
  Moreover, the abrogation of indenture contracts in 1900 eliminated the condition under which many Japanese immigrated to this country.
  This indenture system, which had satisfied the planter aristocracy's demand for workers, was abolished in British Guiana in 1917.
  Labour drawn from a reserve became regulated through systems of migration where migrants were employed on contracts known as indentures.
  When their terms of indenture were over, some moved to Johannesburg and Cape Town, but most remained in the eastern region.
  More would have made the trans-Atlantic voyage, but poverty had forced many into debt or indenture.
  Once used to bring workers to the American and West Indian colonies, indentures exchanged a fixed period of labour for transportation, payment, food, and housing.
  Servitude became a central labor institution in early English America: Between one-half and two-thirds of all white immigrants to the British colonies arrived under indenture.

verbɪnˈdɛntʃəˌɪnˈdɛn(t)ʃər

[with object]usually be indentured tohistorical

Bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or labourer.
〈主史〉使签约为学徒（或劳工）
Dick was indentured to the Company in 1917
indentured labourers
Example sentencesExamples
- People from different parts of India, now called Indo-Fijians, came to work as indentured laborers on sugar plantations.
- Following the abolition of slavery in 1835, Indian indentured labourers were introduced to work the sugar plantations.
- In the traditional way, he was indentured as a welder and began his apprenticeship at the Technical College.
- But it also vigorously polemicised on behalf of Indian indentured labourers.
- Yes, we should all live within our budget, even government, lest we all become indentured servants.
- Most often these children were indentured to a master for maintenance in return for their labor.
- In Austria there were major and minor nobles, small farmers who were freemen, indentured farmers and serfs.
- Instead single parents indentured their children and many others came from the poorhouse and other asylums.
- Families rather than indentured servants went to Massachusetts, and to Connecticut, which received a royal charter in 1662.
- The employment bureau furnished the information necessary to know that a worker was indentured and should not be lured away.
- It was also the day when indentured servants were given the day off to celebrate with their families.
- In the 19th century, most of the brothels of the East were staffed by Japanese girls, or they were sold to factories as indentured textile workers.
- Slave, servant, indentured servant, serf, it all meant the same to me.
- He left school at 16 years of age, with no idea what he wanted to do, so his father indentured him as an apprentice in his company.
- He was indentured to a baker who had a Masters degree in pastry cooking, and was acknowledged as one of the best chefs in the locality.
- The Indian population also became largely urban as indentured workers left the sugar estates.
- In the 1860s they had brought Indian indentured labourers to work in the sugarcane plantations of Natal.
- Most of us are indentured to one or another degree to any of a number of physical and psychological desires.
- They actually want you to treat them like indentured servants!
- She is hopelessly indentured to her wicked stepmother who treats her like a voluptuous doormat.

Derivatives

indentureship

noun

Oh well one could hold out hope that they were selling themselves into some sort of indentureship and this would be the last episode.
Example sentencesExamples
- By distancing herself, Condé is able to explore anew the ethno-social legacy of slavery and indentureship in a French Caribbean village.
- It is the right thing to do and is payment for their indentureship.
- During indentureship, there were tremendous efforts by the Hindus to assert themselves as Hindus.
- Their will to survive, no matter the obstacles, was pivotal in releasing them from the physical and psychological bondage that characterised indentureship.

Origin

Late Middle English endenture, via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin indentura, from indentatus, past participle of indentare (see indent¹).

Definition of indenture in US English:

indenture

nounˌinˈden(t)SHərˌɪnˈdɛn(t)ʃər

1A legal agreement, contract, or document.
正式的法律协议（或合同、文件等），尤指
Synonyms
contract, agreement, covenant, compact, bond, pledge, promise, warrant, undertaking, commitment, settlement, arrangement, understanding
1. 1.1historical A deed of contract of which copies were made for the contracting parties with the edges indented for identification.
  〈史〉（以锯齿线分成两份以便验证真伪的）双联（或多联）契约
  Example sentencesExamples
  The name Sheldon appears alongside those of Shakespeare's friends in Warwickshire indentures and conveyances, and in the medical casebook of Shakespeare's son-in-law.
  By an indenture of the same date executed by them, the Somerset Estate was appointed and transferred to the 4th Duke.
  The two halves of the indenture, preserved in the Records Office of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, show that Shakespeare was represented by his brother Gilbert.
  At the dawn of the twentieth-century, baby farms provoked sensation, newspapers advertised babies, and indentures and deeds were still used to exchange children.
  Similarly, violations of bondholder rights by persons other than the company generally will not result in a breach of the bond indenture, since these persons are not party to the indenture.
2. 1.2 A formal list, certificate, or inventory.
  一览表；证明书；清单
  Example sentencesExamples
  This can be expressed as a ratio or as the conversion price, and is specified in the indenture along with other provisions.
  The creditors said that the bond indenture allowed a foreclosure on the company's assets in lieu of repayment.
  The rights of bondholders are determined differently because a bond agreement, or indenture, represents a contract between the issuer and the bondholder.
  Many of the local indentures of the fifteenth century survive too; at first glance they seem informative, but can be misleading as to electoral method.
  The indenture system was based on the assumption that the owner of an indenture owned a human property, and the 1818 Constitution upheld the standing validity of all contracts, including indentures.
  The indenture conveying these rights was left in the hands of George Holdrege of the Burlington railroad.
  The contractual remedy provided for in the trust indenture did not preclude alternative relief being granted under the oppression remedy.
3. 1.3 An agreement binding an apprentice to a master.
  师徒契约
  the 30 apprentices have received their indentures on completion of their training
  那30名学徒结束培训后得到了师徒契约。
  Example sentencesExamples
  After Xavier bought out my indentures, I was presented with a number of careers.
  The company employing him went bankrupt, his indentures were cancelled and he was now totally without any future.
  Fortunately he was literate and his indenture involved legal training.
  Apprenticeship indentures from the 1880s make interesting reading.
  Apprentices' indentures issued by the Edinburgh College of Surgeons in the 1720s forbad trainees to exhume the dead - which suggests that they had been doing so.
  Shakespeare was married at the age of 19 to Anne Hathaway, probably before his indenture to the butcher was over.
  His medical training began in 1820 with his indenture to a local surgeon.
  Paddy can be clever and quick-witted enough when presented with an opportunity to shirk the duties set forth in his indentures, but otherwise he's as weak-minded as a fish.
  We note that in The Parish of St Pancras case an attorney's clerk, articled by indenture, was held to be an apprentice and to gain a settlement as such for poor law purposes.
4. 1.4 The fact of being bound to service by an agreement of indenture.
  定下师徒契约
  men in their first year after indenture to the Company of Watermen and Lightermen
  与华特门和莱特门公司定下师徒契约后第一年服务的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Even girls without a good relationship with their parents forgave them and accepted their indenture as a filial duty.
  This was referred to as ‘adoption’ and was distinct from binding them to labor for a master under indenture.
  The lord could not seize the laborer's property, sell the indenture to a third party, or sell the laborer into slavery.
  The indenture records the terms on which a man was engaged to serve his lord; it would normally specify his wages and, if it was a long-service contract, his retaining fee.
  Today, we are shocked when young children are put to work for pennies a day in India, or China, in conditions of indenture that approximate slavery.
  Parents also begged the girls not to reveal the parents' involvement in the indenture to the police, and accused the girls of being unfilial if they did.
  The second difference between the Han and aboriginal indentured girls is the family members involved in their indenture.
5. 1.5historical A contract by which a person agreed to work for a set period for a landowner in a British colony in exchange for passage to the colony.
  〈史〉（为进入英国殖民地而与该殖民地土地所有者签订的）定期工作合同
  Example sentencesExamples
  When their terms of indenture were over, some moved to Johannesburg and Cape Town, but most remained in the eastern region.
  This indenture system, which had satisfied the planter aristocracy's demand for workers, was abolished in British Guiana in 1917.
  More would have made the trans-Atlantic voyage, but poverty had forced many into debt or indenture.
  Servitude became a central labor institution in early English America: Between one-half and two-thirds of all white immigrants to the British colonies arrived under indenture.
  Labour drawn from a reserve became regulated through systems of migration where migrants were employed on contracts known as indentures.
  Once used to bring workers to the American and West Indian colonies, indentures exchanged a fixed period of labour for transportation, payment, food, and housing.
  Moreover, the abrogation of indenture contracts in 1900 eliminated the condition under which many Japanese immigrated to this country.

verbˌinˈden(t)SHərˌɪnˈdɛn(t)ʃər

[with object]usually be indentured tohistorical

Bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or laborer.
〈主史〉使签约为学徒（或劳工）
landowners tried to get their estates cultivated by indentured laborers
Example sentencesExamples
- It was also the day when indentured servants were given the day off to celebrate with their families.
- She is hopelessly indentured to her wicked stepmother who treats her like a voluptuous doormat.
- In the 19th century, most of the brothels of the East were staffed by Japanese girls, or they were sold to factories as indentured textile workers.
- Instead single parents indentured their children and many others came from the poorhouse and other asylums.
- But it also vigorously polemicised on behalf of Indian indentured labourers.
- The employment bureau furnished the information necessary to know that a worker was indentured and should not be lured away.
- People from different parts of India, now called Indo-Fijians, came to work as indentured laborers on sugar plantations.
- Families rather than indentured servants went to Massachusetts, and to Connecticut, which received a royal charter in 1662.
- Most often these children were indentured to a master for maintenance in return for their labor.
- The Indian population also became largely urban as indentured workers left the sugar estates.
- In the traditional way, he was indentured as a welder and began his apprenticeship at the Technical College.
- They actually want you to treat them like indentured servants!
- Slave, servant, indentured servant, serf, it all meant the same to me.
- Yes, we should all live within our budget, even government, lest we all become indentured servants.
- He was indentured to a baker who had a Masters degree in pastry cooking, and was acknowledged as one of the best chefs in the locality.
- In the 1860s they had brought Indian indentured labourers to work in the sugarcane plantations of Natal.
- He left school at 16 years of age, with no idea what he wanted to do, so his father indentured him as an apprentice in his company.
- Following the abolition of slavery in 1835, Indian indentured labourers were introduced to work the sugar plantations.
- In Austria there were major and minor nobles, small farmers who were freemen, indentured farmers and serfs.
- Most of us are indentured to one or another degree to any of a number of physical and psychological desires.

Origin

Late Middle English endenture, via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin indentura, from indentatus, past participle of indentare (see indent).

词汇	indenture
释义	Definition of indenture in English: indenture noun ɪnˈdɛntʃəˌɪnˈdɛn(t)ʃər 1A legal agreement, contract, or document. 正式的法律协议（或合同、文件等），尤指 Synonyms contract, agreement, covenant, compact, bond, pledge, promise, warrant, undertaking, commitment, settlement, arrangement, understanding 1.1historical A deed or contract of which copies were made for the contracting parties with the edges indented for identification and to prevent forgery. 〈史〉（以锯齿线分成两份以便验证真伪的）双联（或多联）契约 Example sentencesExamples The two halves of the indenture, preserved in the Records Office of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, show that Shakespeare was represented by his brother Gilbert. Similarly, violations of bondholder rights by persons other than the company generally will not result in a breach of the bond indenture, since these persons are not party to the indenture. At the dawn of the twentieth-century, baby farms provoked sensation, newspapers advertised babies, and indentures and deeds were still used to exchange children. The name Sheldon appears alongside those of Shakespeare's friends in Warwickshire indentures and conveyances, and in the medical casebook of Shakespeare's son-in-law. By an indenture of the same date executed by them, the Somerset Estate was appointed and transferred to the 4th Duke. 1.2 A formal list, certificate, or inventory. 一览表；证明书；清单 indentures recording the number of 1377 taxpayers Example sentencesExamples Many of the local indentures of the fifteenth century survive too; at first glance they seem informative, but can be misleading as to electoral method. This can be expressed as a ratio or as the conversion price, and is specified in the indenture along with other provisions. The creditors said that the bond indenture allowed a foreclosure on the company's assets in lieu of repayment. The rights of bondholders are determined differently because a bond agreement, or indenture, represents a contract between the issuer and the bondholder. The indenture conveying these rights was left in the hands of George Holdrege of the Burlington railroad. The indenture system was based on the assumption that the owner of an indenture owned a human property, and the 1818 Constitution upheld the standing validity of all contracts, including indentures. The contractual remedy provided for in the trust indenture did not preclude alternative relief being granted under the oppression remedy. 1.3 An agreement binding an apprentice to a master. 师徒契约 the 30 apprentices have received their indentures on completion of their training 那30名学徒结束培训后得到了师徒契约。 Example sentencesExamples Apprentices' indentures issued by the Edinburgh College of Surgeons in the 1720s forbad trainees to exhume the dead - which suggests that they had been doing so. After Xavier bought out my indentures, I was presented with a number of careers. We note that in The Parish of St Pancras case an attorney's clerk, articled by indenture, was held to be an apprentice and to gain a settlement as such for poor law purposes. The company employing him went bankrupt, his indentures were cancelled and he was now totally without any future. Shakespeare was married at the age of 19 to Anne Hathaway, probably before his indenture to the butcher was over. His medical training began in 1820 with his indenture to a local surgeon. Fortunately he was literate and his indenture involved legal training. Paddy can be clever and quick-witted enough when presented with an opportunity to shirk the duties set forth in his indentures, but otherwise he's as weak-minded as a fish. Apprenticeship indentures from the 1880s make interesting reading. 1.4mass noun The state of being bound to service by an indenture. 定下师徒契约 the bracelet on his wrist represented his indenture to his master Example sentencesExamples Today, we are shocked when young children are put to work for pennies a day in India, or China, in conditions of indenture that approximate slavery. This was referred to as ‘adoption’ and was distinct from binding them to labor for a master under indenture. Even girls without a good relationship with their parents forgave them and accepted their indenture as a filial duty. The indenture records the terms on which a man was engaged to serve his lord; it would normally specify his wages and, if it was a long-service contract, his retaining fee. The second difference between the Han and aboriginal indentured girls is the family members involved in their indenture. The lord could not seize the laborer's property, sell the indenture to a third party, or sell the laborer into slavery. Parents also begged the girls not to reveal the parents' involvement in the indenture to the police, and accused the girls of being unfilial if they did. 1.5historical A contract by which a person agreed to work for a set period for a landowner in a British colony in exchange for passage to the colony. 〈史〉（为进入英国殖民地而与该殖民地土地所有者签订的）定期工作合同 Example sentencesExamples Moreover, the abrogation of indenture contracts in 1900 eliminated the condition under which many Japanese immigrated to this country. This indenture system, which had satisfied the planter aristocracy's demand for workers, was abolished in British Guiana in 1917. Labour drawn from a reserve became regulated through systems of migration where migrants were employed on contracts known as indentures. When their terms of indenture were over, some moved to Johannesburg and Cape Town, but most remained in the eastern region. More would have made the trans-Atlantic voyage, but poverty had forced many into debt or indenture. Once used to bring workers to the American and West Indian colonies, indentures exchanged a fixed period of labour for transportation, payment, food, and housing. Servitude became a central labor institution in early English America: Between one-half and two-thirds of all white immigrants to the British colonies arrived under indenture. verbɪnˈdɛntʃəˌɪnˈdɛn(t)ʃər [with object]usually be indentured tohistorical Bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or labourer. 〈主史〉使签约为学徒（或劳工） Dick was indentured to the Company in 1917 indentured labourers Example sentencesExamples People from different parts of India, now called Indo-Fijians, came to work as indentured laborers on sugar plantations. Following the abolition of slavery in 1835, Indian indentured labourers were introduced to work the sugar plantations. In the traditional way, he was indentured as a welder and began his apprenticeship at the Technical College. But it also vigorously polemicised on behalf of Indian indentured labourers. Yes, we should all live within our budget, even government, lest we all become indentured servants. Most often these children were indentured to a master for maintenance in return for their labor. In Austria there were major and minor nobles, small farmers who were freemen, indentured farmers and serfs. Instead single parents indentured their children and many others came from the poorhouse and other asylums. Families rather than indentured servants went to Massachusetts, and to Connecticut, which received a royal charter in 1662. The employment bureau furnished the information necessary to know that a worker was indentured and should not be lured away. It was also the day when indentured servants were given the day off to celebrate with their families. In the 19th century, most of the brothels of the East were staffed by Japanese girls, or they were sold to factories as indentured textile workers. Slave, servant, indentured servant, serf, it all meant the same to me. He left school at 16 years of age, with no idea what he wanted to do, so his father indentured him as an apprentice in his company. He was indentured to a baker who had a Masters degree in pastry cooking, and was acknowledged as one of the best chefs in the locality. The Indian population also became largely urban as indentured workers left the sugar estates. In the 1860s they had brought Indian indentured labourers to work in the sugarcane plantations of Natal. Most of us are indentured to one or another degree to any of a number of physical and psychological desires. They actually want you to treat them like indentured servants! She is hopelessly indentured to her wicked stepmother who treats her like a voluptuous doormat. Derivatives indentureship noun Oh well one could hold out hope that they were selling themselves into some sort of indentureship and this would be the last episode. Example sentencesExamples By distancing herself, Condé is able to explore anew the ethno-social legacy of slavery and indentureship in a French Caribbean village. It is the right thing to do and is payment for their indentureship. During indentureship, there were tremendous efforts by the Hindus to assert themselves as Hindus. Their will to survive, no matter the obstacles, was pivotal in releasing them from the physical and psychological bondage that characterised indentureship. Origin Late Middle English endenture, via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin indentura, from indentatus, past participle of indentare (see indent¹). Definition of indenture in US English: indenture nounˌinˈden(t)SHərˌɪnˈdɛn(t)ʃər 1A legal agreement, contract, or document. 正式的法律协议（或合同、文件等），尤指 Synonyms contract, agreement, covenant, compact, bond, pledge, promise, warrant, undertaking, commitment, settlement, arrangement, understanding 1.1historical A deed of contract of which copies were made for the contracting parties with the edges indented for identification. 〈史〉（以锯齿线分成两份以便验证真伪的）双联（或多联）契约 Example sentencesExamples The name Sheldon appears alongside those of Shakespeare's friends in Warwickshire indentures and conveyances, and in the medical casebook of Shakespeare's son-in-law. By an indenture of the same date executed by them, the Somerset Estate was appointed and transferred to the 4th Duke. The two halves of the indenture, preserved in the Records Office of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, show that Shakespeare was represented by his brother Gilbert. At the dawn of the twentieth-century, baby farms provoked sensation, newspapers advertised babies, and indentures and deeds were still used to exchange children. Similarly, violations of bondholder rights by persons other than the company generally will not result in a breach of the bond indenture, since these persons are not party to the indenture. 1.2 A formal list, certificate, or inventory. 一览表；证明书；清单 Example sentencesExamples This can be expressed as a ratio or as the conversion price, and is specified in the indenture along with other provisions. The creditors said that the bond indenture allowed a foreclosure on the company's assets in lieu of repayment. The rights of bondholders are determined differently because a bond agreement, or indenture, represents a contract between the issuer and the bondholder. Many of the local indentures of the fifteenth century survive too; at first glance they seem informative, but can be misleading as to electoral method. The indenture system was based on the assumption that the owner of an indenture owned a human property, and the 1818 Constitution upheld the standing validity of all contracts, including indentures. The indenture conveying these rights was left in the hands of George Holdrege of the Burlington railroad. The contractual remedy provided for in the trust indenture did not preclude alternative relief being granted under the oppression remedy. 1.3 An agreement binding an apprentice to a master. 师徒契约 the 30 apprentices have received their indentures on completion of their training 那30名学徒结束培训后得到了师徒契约。 Example sentencesExamples After Xavier bought out my indentures, I was presented with a number of careers. The company employing him went bankrupt, his indentures were cancelled and he was now totally without any future. Fortunately he was literate and his indenture involved legal training. Apprenticeship indentures from the 1880s make interesting reading. Apprentices' indentures issued by the Edinburgh College of Surgeons in the 1720s forbad trainees to exhume the dead - which suggests that they had been doing so. Shakespeare was married at the age of 19 to Anne Hathaway, probably before his indenture to the butcher was over. His medical training began in 1820 with his indenture to a local surgeon. Paddy can be clever and quick-witted enough when presented with an opportunity to shirk the duties set forth in his indentures, but otherwise he's as weak-minded as a fish. We note that in The Parish of St Pancras case an attorney's clerk, articled by indenture, was held to be an apprentice and to gain a settlement as such for poor law purposes. 1.4 The fact of being bound to service by an agreement of indenture. 定下师徒契约 men in their first year after indenture to the Company of Watermen and Lightermen 与华特门和莱特门公司定下师徒契约后第一年服务的人。 Example sentencesExamples Even girls without a good relationship with their parents forgave them and accepted their indenture as a filial duty. This was referred to as ‘adoption’ and was distinct from binding them to labor for a master under indenture. The lord could not seize the laborer's property, sell the indenture to a third party, or sell the laborer into slavery. The indenture records the terms on which a man was engaged to serve his lord; it would normally specify his wages and, if it was a long-service contract, his retaining fee. Today, we are shocked when young children are put to work for pennies a day in India, or China, in conditions of indenture that approximate slavery. Parents also begged the girls not to reveal the parents' involvement in the indenture to the police, and accused the girls of being unfilial if they did. The second difference between the Han and aboriginal indentured girls is the family members involved in their indenture. 1.5historical A contract by which a person agreed to work for a set period for a landowner in a British colony in exchange for passage to the colony. 〈史〉（为进入英国殖民地而与该殖民地土地所有者签订的）定期工作合同 Example sentencesExamples When their terms of indenture were over, some moved to Johannesburg and Cape Town, but most remained in the eastern region. This indenture system, which had satisfied the planter aristocracy's demand for workers, was abolished in British Guiana in 1917. More would have made the trans-Atlantic voyage, but poverty had forced many into debt or indenture. Servitude became a central labor institution in early English America: Between one-half and two-thirds of all white immigrants to the British colonies arrived under indenture. Labour drawn from a reserve became regulated through systems of migration where migrants were employed on contracts known as indentures. Once used to bring workers to the American and West Indian colonies, indentures exchanged a fixed period of labour for transportation, payment, food, and housing. Moreover, the abrogation of indenture contracts in 1900 eliminated the condition under which many Japanese immigrated to this country. verbˌinˈden(t)SHərˌɪnˈdɛn(t)ʃər [with object]usually be indentured tohistorical Bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or laborer. 〈主史〉使签约为学徒（或劳工） landowners tried to get their estates cultivated by indentured laborers Example sentencesExamples It was also the day when indentured servants were given the day off to celebrate with their families. She is hopelessly indentured to her wicked stepmother who treats her like a voluptuous doormat. In the 19th century, most of the brothels of the East were staffed by Japanese girls, or they were sold to factories as indentured textile workers. Instead single parents indentured their children and many others came from the poorhouse and other asylums. But it also vigorously polemicised on behalf of Indian indentured labourers. The employment bureau furnished the information necessary to know that a worker was indentured and should not be lured away. People from different parts of India, now called Indo-Fijians, came to work as indentured laborers on sugar plantations. Families rather than indentured servants went to Massachusetts, and to Connecticut, which received a royal charter in 1662. Most often these children were indentured to a master for maintenance in return for their labor. The Indian population also became largely urban as indentured workers left the sugar estates. In the traditional way, he was indentured as a welder and began his apprenticeship at the Technical College. They actually want you to treat them like indentured servants! Slave, servant, indentured servant, serf, it all meant the same to me. Yes, we should all live within our budget, even government, lest we all become indentured servants. He was indentured to a baker who had a Masters degree in pastry cooking, and was acknowledged as one of the best chefs in the locality. In the 1860s they had brought Indian indentured labourers to work in the sugarcane plantations of Natal. He left school at 16 years of age, with no idea what he wanted to do, so his father indentured him as an apprentice in his company. Following the abolition of slavery in 1835, Indian indentured labourers were introduced to work the sugar plantations. In Austria there were major and minor nobles, small farmers who were freemen, indentured farmers and serfs. Most of us are indentured to one or another degree to any of a number of physical and psychological desires. Origin Late Middle English endenture, via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin indentura, from indentatus, past participle of indentare (see indent).
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