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indenture

英 [ɪn'dentʃə] 美[ɪn'dɛntʃɚ]
  • n. 契约;合同
  • vt. 以契约约束

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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。

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