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Indenture
[ɛ̃dɑ̃tyr]
Définitions de « indenture »
Indenture - Nom commun
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(Géographie) Dépression ou entaille dans un terrain ou une surface.
À travers la vallée, le paysage était marqué par une série d'indentures naturelles, comme des cicatrices terrestres formées au gré des âges.
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Étymologie de « indenture »
Du latin in, « dans », et denter.Usage du mot « indenture »
Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « indenture » depuis 1800
Fréquence d'apparition du mot « indenture » dans le journal Le Monde depuis 1945
Source : Gallicagram. Créé par Benjamin Azoulay et Benoît de Courson, Gallicagram représente graphiquement l’évolution au cours du temps de la fréquence d’apparition d’un ou plusieurs syntagmes dans les corpus numérisés de Gallica et de beaucoup d’autres bibliothèques.
Citations contenant le mot « indenture »
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Bhaswati Mukherjee, retired Indian diplomat, has recently published The Indentured and their route: A relentless quest for identity. In it, the former Indian ambassador and international affairs commentator chronicles the system of indenture that replaced the Transatlantic slave trade in the 19th century.
No apology has been offered for the system of indenture: Bhaswati Mukherjee -
The system of indenture was started in Mauritius in 1834 so that the British could cheaply replace enslaved Africans following the abolition of slavery in the British empire.
The Conversation — Invisible Windrush: how the stories of Indian indentured labourers from the Caribbean were forgotten -
Some years ago, I went to Mauritius. A friend, who lives in Mauritius, took me to Aapravasi Ghat (Immigration Depot), declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006. The history of Indian indenture registers in our peripheral vision. But, until I read Bhaswati Mukherjee’s recent book, The Indentured and Their Route: A Relentless Quest for Identity (Rupa, 2023), I hadn’t read any detailed account.
News18 — OPINION: Book Review | Exploring India’s Indenture Story - News18 -
Historically, indenture has also referred to a contract binding one person to work for another for a set period of time (indentured servant), particularly European immigrants. In modern-day finance, the word indenture most commonly appears in bond agreements, real estate deals, and some aspects of bankruptcies.
Investopedia — Indenture: Definition and Types in Finance -
Former Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee writes on how and why the system of indenture replaced the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Book Excerpt: Across the seven seas
Traductions du mot « indenture »
| Langue | Traduction |
|---|---|
| Anglais | indenture |
| Espagnol | escritura |
| Italien | indenture |
| Allemand | indenture |
| Chinois | 契约 |
| Arabe | الطعن |
| Portugais | escritura |
| Russe | договор |
| Japonais | インデンチャー |
| Basque | kontratua |
| Corse | indiatura |