1British an official order or requisition for goods:Hawthorn refused to approve the indent for silk scarves
2a space left by indenting text:six-character indents
3an indentation:every indent in the coastline
4an indenture.
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Universal
1start (a line of text) or position (a block of text) further from the margin than the main part of the text:type a paragraph of text and indent the first line
2form deep recesses or notches in (a line or surface):a coastline indented by many fjords
3 [no object]British make a requisition or written order for something:we were indenting for paper clips one by one in those days
4 historical divide (a document drawn up in duplicate) into its two copies with a zigzag line, thus ensuring identification and preventing forgery.
