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Indent

noun

An order for goods to be exported or imported.

The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line. Synonyms: indentation, indention, indenture.

verb

(past & past part. indented; pres. part. indenting)

Set in from the margin.

Cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication.

Make a depression into. Synonym: dent.

Notch the edge of or make jagged.

Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant. Synonym: indenture.

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"Indent" Quotes from Famous Books

... most modern sense, the cheque is the outcome of the growth of the banking system of the 19th century. For details see BANKS AND BANKING: Law, and BILL OF EXCHANGE. The word check,[1] of which "cheque" is a variant now general in English usage, signified merely the counterfoil or indent of an exchequer bill, or any draft form of payment, on which was registered the particulars of the principal part, as a check to alteration or forgery. The check or counterfoil parts remained in the hands of the banker, the portion ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 - "Chtelet" to "Chicago" • Various

... define and implement the monetary policy of the Community; - to conduct foreign exchange operations consistent with the provisions of Article 109; - to hold and manage the official foreign reserves of the Member States; - to promote the smooth operation of payment systems. 3. The third indent of paragraph 2 shall be without prejudice to the holding and management by the government of Member States of foreign exchange working balances. 4. The ECB shall be consulted: - on any proposed Community act in its fields ...

— The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992 • European Union

... Where Truth's eternal measures mark the bound Of circle, cube, or sphere. The third ascent Unites this varied symmetry of parts With colour's bland allurement; as the pearl Shines in the concave of its azure bed, And painted shells indent their speckled wreath. Then more attractive rise the blooming forms Through which the breath of Nature has infused Her genial power to draw with pregnant veins Nutritious moisture from the bounteous earth, 460 In fruit and ...

— Poetical Works of Akenside - [Edited by George Gilfillan] • Mark Akenside

... consists of more than one word but is no longer than the name, center the first letter under the name line, and indent one em on ...

— The Uses of Italic - A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters • Frederick W. Hamilton

... and thence stepped on to the ice, and very slowly and carefully walked round the schooner, examining her closely, and boring into the snow upon her side with my pike wherever I suspected a hole or indent. I could find nothing wrong with her in this way, though what a thaw might reveal I could not know. Her rudder hung frozen upon its pintles, and looked as it should. Some little distance abaft her rudder, where the hollow or chasm sloped to ...

— The Frozen Pirate • W. Clark Russell

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