indenture
noun
a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
indentures
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present tense formof indenture (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Franklin Roosevelt had repudiated the so-called gold clauses in private and government bond indentures, aware that upholding payment in gold would have provoked widespread bankruptcies and devastated the federal budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
The bonds themselves have been issued with a mix of terms and indentures, notes JPMorgan.
From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2022
Myrra Dal is a contract worker, one of thousands of people serving out indentures signed by their great-grandparents in exchange for passage off a dying Earth.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
Without radical change, all of our choices at home and as a nation will be increasingly driven by servicing these indentures from which there will be no redemption.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2020
Grisha indentures were kept to the house for good reason.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
