"contract for services," late 14c., from Anglo-French endenture, Old French endenteure "indentation," from endenter (see indent). Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a document of indenture could be proved by juxtaposition with its counterpart. As a verb, 1650s, from the noun.
雙語例句
1. She had to sign an indenture to sell herself, because she owed money to the landlord .
由于欠地主家的錢，她不得已簽了賣身契。
來自辭典例句
2. To bind into the service of another by indenture.
以契約約束按契約的規(guī)定為另一方服務(wù).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. He is indenture to a builder.
他與一建筑工人訂了師徒合同.
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4. Xia zhi xing: please give his indenture and identity card back to him.
夏之星: 請(qǐng)你把天騏的賣身契跟身份證還給他.
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5. Soon thereafter, private agents scoured the ports taverns, and countryside to sign on workers for indenture.