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- a formal legal agreement, contract, or document, in particular正式的法律协议（或合同、文件等）, 尤指：
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- historical a deed of contract of which copies were made for the contracting parties with the edges indented for identification〈史〉（以锯齿线分成两份以便验证真伪的）双联（或多联）契约。
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- a formal list, certificate, or inventory一览表; 证明书; 清单。
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- an agreement binding an apprentice to a master师徒契约：
the 30 apprentices have received their indentures on completion of their training.
那30名学徒结束培训后得到了师徒契约。
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- mass noun the fact of being bound to service by such an agreement定下师徒契约：
men in their first year after indenture to the Company of Watermen and Lightermen.
与华特门和莱特门公司定下师徒契约后第一年服务的人。
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- historical a contract by which a person agreed to work for a set period for a landowner in a British colony in exchange for passage to the colony〈史〉（为进入英国殖民地而与该殖民地土地所有者签订的）定期工作合同。
with obj.(一般作be indentured to)
- chiefly historical bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or labourer〈主史〉使签约为学徒（或劳工）。
派生词
indentureship
noun词源
late Middle English endenture, via Anglo-Norman French from medieval Latin indentura, from indentatus, past participle of indentare （see INDENT1）.