indenture
indenture 英 [ɪnˈdentʃə(r)] 美 [ɪnˈdɛntʃɚ]
n. 契约；合同 vt. 以契约约束
进行时:indenturing 过去式:indentured 过去分词:indentured 第三人称单数:indentures 名词复数:indentures
- An indenture is a formal legal agreement. Many earned passage to the British colonies by indenturing, or selling, themselves to a master for a period of seven years–-they were called indentured laborers.
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- n. 契约；合同
- vt. 以契约约束
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1. The indenture would have terminated on his twentieth birthday, leaving him eligible for full employee status.
协议在他二十岁生日的时候到期，届时他会拥有成为全职雇员的资格。
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2. Depending on the terms of the convertible bond, also known as the indenture, the bond could convert into a significant number of shares.
根据可转换债券条款（也叫正式凭单），该债券可转换为数量可观的股票。
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3. Even though Mary's stories were full of contradictions, after the government promised to free her from indenture, she told them what they wanted to hear: that the fires were part of a "Negro plot."
尽管Mary的供词满是前后矛盾之处，但在政府承诺可以为她解除契约之后，她按照他们期待的方式“招供”了：大火确实是“黑奴阴谋”的一部分。
- indenture (n.) late 14c., endenture, indenture, "written formal contract for services (between master and apprentice, etc.), a deed with mutual covenants," from Anglo-French endenture, Old French endenteure "indentation," from endenter "to notch or dent" (see indent (v.1)).
- indenture (v.) 1650s, "enter into a covenant;" 1670s, "bind by indenture," from indenture (n.). It was used earlier in a sense "to wrinkle, furrow" (1630s). Related: indentured; indenturing.
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