Debenture vs. Indenture
Difference Between Debenture and Indenture
Debenturenoun
A certificate that certifies an amount of money owed to someone; a certificate of indebtedness.
Indenturenoun
(legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
Debenturenoun
(obsolete) A certificate of a loan made to the government; a government bond.
Indenturenoun
(legal) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
Debenturenoun
A type of debt instrument secured only by the general credit or promise to pay of the issuer, not involving any physical assets or collateral, now commonly issued by large, well established corporations with adequate credit ratings.
Indenturenoun
An indentation.
Debenturenoun
A document granting lenders a charge over a borrower’s physical assets, giving them a means to collect a debt, as part of a secured loan.
Indentureverb
To bind a person under such a contract.
Debenturenoun
a bond that is backed by the credit of the issuer but not by any specific collateral
Indentureverb
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.Debenturenoun
a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt
Indenturenoun
a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
Indenturenoun
formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
Indenturenoun
a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
Indenturenoun
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
Indentureverb
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant;
an indentured servant
