indenture

• n. 行為；契約
• vt.契約によって拘束する

indent（くぼむ）と-ure（名詞の接尾辞）から。ギザギザにへこんだ2枚の契約用紙に書かれた古代の師弟契約にちなむ。

indenture (n.)

"contract for services," late 14c., from Anglo-French endenture, Old French endenteure "indentation," from endenter (see indent). Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a document of indenture could be proved by juxtaposition with its counterpart. As a verb, 1650s, from the noun.

1. She had to sign an indenture to sell herself，because she owed money to the landlord.

地主の金を借りて、彼女はやむをえず身売り契約に署名した。

2.To bind into the service of another by indenture .

契約制約を契約の規定に従って他方にサービスする。

3.He is indenture to a builder.

建設労働者と師弟契約を結んだ。

4.Xia zhi xing：please give his indenture and identity card back to him.

夏の星：天騏の身売り契約書と身分証明書を返してください.

5.Soon thereafter，private agents scoured the ports taverns，and countryside to sign on workers for indenture .

その後間もなく、民間機関は港の小さな宿屋や田舎を迅速に捜索し、契約召使を募集した。