Origin: Latin suffix -ure
Indenture has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:
a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
To bind a person under such a contract.