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

• They led the private army established by the military indenture to kill each other and eventually led to the war of Roses.
  他们纷纷率领自己由军事合同制建立的私人军队互相混战杀戮，最终酿成红白玫瑰战争。
• Covenant a promise in an indenture, or any other formal debt agreement, that certain activities will or will not be carried out.
  正式债券协议中的条文，承诺将会或不会进行某些行动。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• He is indenture to a builder.
  他与一建筑工人订了师徒合同。
• Second, the indenture system was advanced;
  契约制发达；
• 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。
• 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
• 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。