Word Finder - indent

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A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

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A stamp; an impression.

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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.

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A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.

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To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth

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to indent the edge of paper

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To be cut, notched, or dented.

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To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress

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indent a smooth surface with a hammer

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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.

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To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.

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To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.

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

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To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.

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to indent the first line of a paragraph one em

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To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

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To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

These tags indent the bloodvessel.

It rises out of deep water; well-sheltered creeks indent the opposite shores on both sides.

A first line indent means that the first line begins to the right of the rest of the paragraph.

M sets the margin widths and P sets the paragraph indent for the document.

Most cases have a small indent to allow for the winder shaft.

Do or do not, there is no try. [/quote] The [quote] tags will automatically indent the enclosed text.

Full indents may also be specified when a part indent would be particularly unsightly or structurally questionable.

Use the tab key (rather than the space bar) to indent information to create a neat effect.

The regular "indent" by which most of the Manchester Eastern business is conducted now implies a definite offer for shipment from the dealer abroad, either direct or through the exporter's agents, and commonly includes freight and insurance.

Recently, with the introduction of instrumented indentation hardness, it has become possible to measure the indent under the applied force.

A zero length mark will make a hanging indent instead.

The container this lipstick is housed in is the classic gold one, with lines that indent the cover throughout.

Washington's many waterways, both fresh and salt, and especially those which indent or are near the coast, make the fisheries resources of great value.

The preferred format is to justify the reference to the left and not indent.

Besides the indent business there is, of course, purely merchant business by Manchester exporters, who buy on their own initiative at what they consider to be opportune times or on recommendations from their houses or correspondents abroad.

In the Coastal Plain region the temperature is quite stable from day to day, as a result of the equalizing effect of the numerous bays which indent this province.

In the Indian trade, especially in the Calcutta trade, a large proportion of the total amount is done by a few houses who buy in this way, and there is some difference of opinion as to whether the method, which had fallen out of fashion, may not further develop. It is more speculative than the indent business, but the dealing with large quantities which it involves gives the opportunity to buy very cheaply.