indenture

Noun

• the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

• a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term

• formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt

• a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

Verb

• bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
  • an indentured servant
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  indentation , indention , indent