to indent
9.9
To make someone legally work for another for a set time
- verb
- /ɪnˈdɛnt/
- Archaic
:
obligar por contrato
- The company decided to indent several young graduates as apprentices to help them gain practical experience.
Examples
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They chose to indent new staff members for six months as part of their training program.
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Maybe they'll let us indent for another Statistical Analyst.
Fiction book (2001) -
It thus exactly reproduced the form of the letter indented in the matrix.
Academic text (2005) -
In the legal agreement, he would be indent for three years to learn the trade.
Synonyms
216
4.4
To make someone legally required to do something
applies specifically to legal arrangements that obligate people as apprentices or servants
64
3.5
Make a formal written agreement to have someone do work
targets obligating a person specifically into service roles rather than general agreements
9
8.9
To legally bind someone to work for a set time
is the same meaning but differs mostly in word form or usage in documents
9.9
To make someone work at a firm under a formal training agreement
is used for formal legal binding without focusing on a set time period
Surface Forms
Etymology
Indent in the sense of binding someone comes from the old written contract called an indenture, which had matching uneven edges and showed the legal agreement. So to be indented was to be bound by that formal written contract.