indenture

英 [ɪnˈdentʃə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈdentʃər]

n.  (旧时的)师徒契约
v.  使签约为学徒（或劳工

复数：indentures　过去式：indentured　过去分词：indentured　第三人称单数：indentures　现在分词：indenturing　

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BNC.26877 / COCA.32727

牛津词典

noun

• （旧时的）师徒契约
  a type of contract in the past that forced a servant or apprentice to work for their employer for a particular period of time

英英释义

noun

• the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
  Synonym:indentationindentionindent
• a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
• formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
• a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
  Synonym:indentation

verb

• bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
  1. an indentured servant
  Synonym:indent

双语例句

• The foreign oil-gas tax-fee is made up of rental model and indenture system, and the article comparatively analyzes the two modes and the tax of typical countries.
  国外油气税费模式可以划分为租让制与合同制两种，并就两种模式特征及典型国家的税费制度进行比较分析。
• Each of us when separated, having one side only, like a flat fish, is but the indenture of a man, and he is always looking for his other half.
  我们每一个人被分开时就只有一片，就像一条比目鱼，只是人的一个符片，所以人总在寻找着自己的另一半。
• The convertible bond is a new financial instrument. There are still many problems with the design of indenture.
  可转化债券是一种新型金融工具，在发行条件设计方面还存在很多问题，通过运用金融工程的分析方法，对可转化债券发行条件设计进行技术分析。
• She had to sign an indenture to sell herself, because she owed money to the landlord.
  由于欠地主家的钱，她不得已签了卖身契。
• The Spirit of Adventure is something to indenture.
  冒险精神就是契约。
• The functional calculus is introduced to determine the optimal conversion rate so as to optimize the issuance strategy of convertible bond, thus offering a new way for the design of original indenture for convertible bond.
  运用泛函变分原理，求出最优转换速率，并且进一步得到可转换债券的最优发行策略，为可转换债券发行条件的设计提供了一种新的方法。
• As for the future, each of them should enter into an indenture with the accounting standards board, promising strict observance of professional standards.
  至于以后，它们每个都应该与会计标准委员会签订合同，保证严格遵守职业标准。
• The indenture is a mutual check relationship that is signed on the condition of reaching agreement between two sides with written or oral form affected by law or regulations.
  契约是在双方意愿一致的情况下以书面或口头的形式形成的一种有法律、法规等相互制约的关联关系。
• The reason military indenture developed into an independent form of military service had a profound historical background.
  军事合同制之所以能够发展成为一种独立的军役形式，是有其深刻的历史背景的。
• Technical Analysis of the Design of Indenture for Convertible Bonds
  可转换债券发行条件设计的技术分析