indenture

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

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

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

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

The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

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

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

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