Apprentice vs. Indenture

Apprenticenoun

A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

Indenturenoun

(legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).

Apprenticenoun

(historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

Indenturenoun

(legal) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.

Apprenticenoun

(dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.

Indenturenoun

An indentation.

Apprenticeverb

(transitive) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

Indentureverb

To bind a person under such a contract.

Apprenticeverb

(transitive) To be an apprentice to.

‘Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.’;

Indentureverb

To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

‘Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.’;

Apprenticenoun

One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

Indenturenoun

The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

Apprenticenoun

One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.

Indenturenoun

A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate, sometimes with the edges indented for purpose of identification; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.

‘The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part.’;

Apprenticenoun

A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.

Indenturenoun

A contract by which anyone is bound to service.

Apprenticeverb

To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

Indentureverb

To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

‘Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.’;

Apprenticenoun

works for an expert to learn a trade

Indentureverb

To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.

Apprenticeverb

be or work as an apprentice;

‘She apprenticed with the great master’;

Indentureverb

To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.

Apprenticeadjective

in training;

‘an apprentice carpenter’;

Indenturenoun

a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

Indenturenoun

formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt

Indenturenoun

a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term

Indenturenoun

the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

Indentureverb

bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant;

‘an indentured servant’;

Indenture

An indenture is a legal contract that reflects or covers a debt or purchase obligation. It specifically refers to two types of practices: in historical usage, an indentured servant status, and in modern usage, it is an instrument used for commercial debt or real estate transaction.