indenture (plural indentures) (law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice). (law) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract. An indentation. (Can we add an example for this sense?) Translations
What it is: Interest expense is the cost of money. Interest expense is recorded on the income statement. Let's assume you need $500,000 to buy a house. The price of borrowing that money is interest, and it is expressed as a percentage of the amount of money you obtain.
Definition of an investment interest expense. When you borrow money to buy property for investment purposes, any interest you pay on that borrowed money becomes an investment interest expense.. For example, say you take out a $5,000 loan against your home equity and use the money to buy stock.