indenture
英 [ɪn'dentʃə]
美[ɪn'dɛntʃɚ]
- n. 契约;合同
- vt. 以契约约束
词态变化
形容词: indentured;
中文词源
indenture 师徒契约
来自indent,咬合,-ure,名词后缀。因古代师徒契约写于两张锯齿状凹痕的契约纸上而得名。
英英释意
- 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
英文词源
- indenture (n.)
- "contract for services," late 14c., from Anglo-French endenture, Old French endenteure "indentation," from endenter (see indent). Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a document of indenture could be proved by juxtaposition with its counterpart. As a verb, 1650s, from the noun.
实用场景例句
- He is indenture to a builder.
- 他与一建筑工人订了师徒合同.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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。
辞典例句