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Meaning
Noun
●
A
cut
or
notch
in the
margin
of anything, or a
recess
like a
notch
.
●
A
stamp
; an impression.
●
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.
●
A
requisition
or order for
supplies
, sent to the
commissariat
of an army.
Verb
●
To
notch
; to
jag
; to
cut
into
points
like a
row
of teeth
●
To be
cut
,
notched
, or dented.
●
To
dent
; to
stamp
or to
press
in; to impress
●
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.
●
To
enter into
a
binding
agreement
by means of
such
documents
; to
formally
commit
(to doing something); to contract.
●
To
engage
(someone),
originally
by means of
indented
contracts.
●
In Typography:
To
begin
(a
line
or
lines
) at a
greater
or
lesser
distance
from the
margin
. See
indent
ation, and
indention
. Normal
indent
pushes
in a
line
or
paragraph
. "Hanging
indent
"
pulls
the
line out
into the
margin
.
●
To
crook
or
turn
; to
wind
in and out
; to zigzag.
●
In Indian English & Military:
To make an order upon; to
draw upon
,
as for
military
stores.
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