articled

1. 1
   adjective

   Bound by a formal contract to learn a job from an employer for a set number of years.

   Like a trainee who signs a deal to stay and learn at one workplace for several years.

   The articled clerk spent long hours copying documents at the office.

   She remained articled to a law firm until she finished her training.

   Similarapprenticed, indentured, bound

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2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of article. Use this form for something that already happened.

   They articled the boy to a master carpenter for five years.

   She articled herself to a busy law office after college.

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