indent
Pronunciation:
noun
Definitions
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
Definitions
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
Example: to indent the edge of paper
To be cut, notched, or dented.
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
Example: indent a smooth surface with a hammer
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.