to notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.-to dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.-to bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.-to begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. see indentation, and indention.-to make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.-to be cut, notched, or dented.-to crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.-to contract; to bargain or covenant.-a cut or notch in the man gin 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.