indentures

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indentures意思解释

vt.

以契约束缚（indenture的第三人称单数形式）；

英英释义

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.)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。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。