See indenture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "contract",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lærlingekontrakt"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "contract",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arbeidskontrakt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kabala",
"sense": "contract",
"word": "кабала"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contract",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "contrato"
}
],
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"indenture"
],
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}
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{
"word": "indenturer"
},
{
"word": "indenturee"
},
{
"word": "indentureship"
},
{
"word": "reindenture"
},
{
"word": "nonindentured"
},
{
"word": "indenturedness"
},
{
"word": "indentured servant"
},
{
"word": "unindentured"
}
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"name": "der"
},
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"2": "fro",
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"form": "indentures",
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},
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"form": "indentured",
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{
"word": "indent"
},
{
"word": "bondslavery"
},
{
"word": "bondslave"
},
{
"word": "bondsman"
},
{
"word": "bondservant"
},
{
"word": "bonded labour"
}
],
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"glosses": [
"To bind a person under such a contract."
],
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"(law) To bind a person under such a contract."
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow."
],
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"indent",
"indent"
],
[
"notch",
"notch"
],
[
"wrinkle",
"wrinkle"
],
[
"furrow",
"furrow"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈdɛn.ʃɝ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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{
"tags": [
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"indenture"
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}
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