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indenture

/ɪnˈdɛntʃə/

C2CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

A deed made between two or more parties, historically written in duplicate on a single sheet then cut along an indented edge.

The lease was drawn as an indenture between the landlord and the tenant of the first and second parts.

Similar: deed

Topic: Conveyancing & land in Legal English

Business noun

The formal contract setting out the terms and protections governing a bond issue.

The trust indenture spelled out exactly how a default would be remedied.

Topic: Advanced English in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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