indenture
n. 契约; 合同; 正式凭单; 文据
1. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
2. formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
3. a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
4. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
1. bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant;
He is indenture to a builder.
他与一建筑工人订了师徒合同.
Xia zhi xing: please give his indenture and identity card back to him.
夏之星: 请你把天骐的卖身契跟身份证还给他.
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.
To bind into the service of another by indenture.
以契约约束按契约的规定为另一方服务.
She had to sign an indenture to sell herself, because she owed money to the landlord .
由于欠地主家的钱,她不得已签了卖身契。