indentured
pronunciation
How to pronounce indentured in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce indentured in American English:
US [ɪnˈdentʃərd]
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- Adjective:
- bound by contract
Word Origin
- indentured (adj.)
- "bound by indenture," 1757, past participle adjective from indenture (v.).
Example
- 1. And that company , or a branch of it , becomes apple 's indentured servant .
- 2. Remind me to berate my indentured executive assistant .
- 3. We 're not indentured servants and we will do business where it 's good and friendly .
- 4. He had virtually no education and at 12 was indentured to an uncle who beat him often .
- 5. I always felt like that was indentured servitude .