1.
[syn: apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
indentured \indentured\ adj.
Bound by contract to work for another for a specified period
of time.
Syn: apprenticed, articled, bound.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indentured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Indenturing.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to
furrow.
[1913 Webster]
Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.
--Woty.
[1913 Webster]
2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to
indenture an apprentice.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
indentured
adj 1: bound by contract [syn: apprenticed, articled,
bound, indentured]