A holder of a franchise; a person who is granted a franchise.
A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
An indentation; a recess.
A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
To bind a person under such a contract.