indenture
noun
a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
indenturing
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present participleof indenture.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The R.A.F. conveniently provided a scholarship, indenturing him to air service later on.
From Time Magazine Archive
The system of indenturing had long since disappeared, because legislatures and courts declined to recognize and enforce contracts for service.
From Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons
When I was going to South Africa on the Norman the great question of the hour was the indenturing of the Bechuanaland rebels.
From Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
The indenturing of the Bechuana rebels was a subject upon which much was said on both sides.
From Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Working people of the colonial period were hoodwinked and kidnapped by shippers and speculators who reimbursed themselves by indenturing them to planters and farmers.
From Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons
