Definitions
1.NounA contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
2.NounA contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.
3.NounA document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying either of the above contracts.
4.NounAn indentation; a recess.
5.VerbTo bind a person under such a contract.
6.VerbTo indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow."Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow."