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indents

The correct spelling is indents.

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noun

Say it like: Ind-ent-s

The correct spelling is indents. A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch. For example: "to indent the edge of paper"

Usage Examples

to indent the edge of paper

indent a smooth surface with a hammer

to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
  2. 2.A stamp; an impression.
  3. 3.A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
  4. 4.A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.

verb

  1. 1.To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
  2. 2.To be cut, notched, or dented.
  3. 3.To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
  4. 4.To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.
  5. 5.To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.

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