Etymology: (bef. 1050; ME bonde, OE bonda < ON bōndihusbandman)
Definition of 'BOND'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)chemical bond, bond an electrical force linking atoms
2. (noun)bond, bond certificate a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
3. (noun)alliance, bond a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
4. (noun)bail, bail bond, bond (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"
5. (noun)shackle, bond, hamper, trammel a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
6. (noun)attachment, bond a connection that fastens things together
7. (noun)bond, bond paper a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
8. (noun)Bond, Julian Bond United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)
9. (noun)Bond, James Bond British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
10. (verb)adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
11. (verb)adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to stick to firmly "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
12. (verb)bind, tie, attach, bond create social or emotional ties "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
13. (verb)bond issue bonds on
14. (verb)bond, bring together, draw together bring together in a commoncause or emotion "The death of their child had drawn them together"
2. (noun)BOND that which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle
6. (noun)BOND a writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a singlebond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in fullforce. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum
9. (noun)BOND the union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other
10. (noun)BOND a unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence
Definitions of BOND 
Afrikaans: kettings
Arabic: قُيود
Bulgarian: връзка
Brazilian: amarras
Czech: pouto
German: die Fesseln (pl.)
Danish: lænke; bånd
Greek: δεσμά
Spanish: lazo
Estonian: köidik
Farsi: غل و زنجیر
Finnish: sidontaväline
French: chaînes
Hebrew: קֶשֶר
Hindi: बन्धन
Croatian: vez, okov
Hungarian: kötelék, bilincs
Indonesian: pengikat
Icelandic: hlekkir, band
Italian: catene
Japanese: 拘束
Korean: 구속, 족쇄
Lithuanian: pančiai, grandinės
Latvian: važas
Malay: ikatan
Dutch: boei
Norwegian: bånd, lenke
Polish: więzy
Persian: غل و زنجیر
Pashto: زنځیر
Portuguese: grilhOes
Romanian: lanţuri
Russian: оковы
Slovak: puto
Slovenian: vez, okov
Serbian: okovi
Swedish: boja
Thai: พันธนาการ
Turkish: zincir
Taiwanese: 用來綁(人)的東西
Ukrainian: кайдани; ув'язнення
Urdu: بندھن
Vietnamese: giao kèo
Chinese: （捆缚用的東西）绳、带、捆扎物、镣、铐
