音标:[ɪnˈdentʃəd] ;
v. <史>以契约束缚(学徒)( indenture的过去式和过去分词 )
v bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
s bound by contract

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用作名词(n.)
  1. 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。
  2. The indenture contract was a device that enabled people to pay for their passage to America by selling their labor to someone in the New World for a specified period of time.契约是使人们以向新大陆的某个雇主在一段时间里出卖劳动力的方式来支付其赴美旅费的手段。

词汇搭配

  • tripartite indenture三联合同
  • indenture system合同制
  • indenture trustee契约受托人
  • trust indenture信托合约,信托书...
  • bond indenture债券信托契约...
  • indenture defaulting违约
  • the indenture system卖身契约
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