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Definition of 'Bond'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bond
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.

2.  bond
a cord, rope, band, or ligament.

3.  bond
something that binds a person or persons to a certain circumstance or line of behavior:
the bond of matrimony.

4.  bond
something, as an agreement or friendship, that unites individuals or peoples into a group; covenant.

5.  bond
binding security; firm assurance:
My word is my bond.

6.  bond
a sealed instrument under which a person, corporation, or government guarantees to pay a stated sum of money on or before a specified day.

7.  bond
any written obligation under seal.

8.  bond
the state of dutiable goods stored without payment of duties or taxes until withdrawn:
goods in bond.

9.  bond
a 100-proof whiskey that has been aged at least four years in a bonded warehouse before bottling.

10.  bond
a certificate of ownership of a specified portion of a debt due to be paid by a government or corporation to an individual holder and usu. bearing a fixed rate of interest.

11.  bond
a surety agreement.

12.  bond
the money deposited under such an agreement.

13.  bond
a substance that causes particles to adhere; binder.

14.  bond
adhesion between two substances or objects.

15.  bond
the attraction between atoms in a molecule or crystalline structure:
covalent bond.

16.  bond
a patterned arrangement of overlapping bricks, stones, etc., in a construction, intended esp. to provide strength.

17.  bond
Obs.

18. (v.t.) bond
to put (goods, an employee, official, etc.) on or under bond.

19.  bond
to connect or bind.

20.  bond
to join (two materials).

21.  bond
to overlap (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to produce a strong construction.

22.  bond
to restore the discolored or damaged surface of (a tooth) by coating it with a durable material that adheres to the existing enamel.

23. (v.i.) bond
to hold together or cohere, as bricks in a wall or particles in a mass.

24.  bond
to establish a bond as between a parent and offspring.

25. (n.) bond
a serf or slave.

26. (adj.) bond
in serfdom or slavery.

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 common cause or emotion
"The death of their child had drawn them together"

Definition of 'Bond'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bond
a special connection
the close bond between father and son

2. bond
a financial document issued by a government or corporation
stocks and bonds

3. (verb) bond
to develop a close relationship
a time during which a mother and her baby bond

4. bond
to stick together
The two substances bond.; The cement bonds the two pieces.

Definition of 'Bond'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Bond
in a state of servitude or slavery; captive

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

3. (noun) Bond
the state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint

4. (noun) Bond
a binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship

5. (noun) Bond
moral or political duty or obligation

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 single bond. 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 full force. 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

7. (noun) Bond
an instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond

8. (noun) Bond
the state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond

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

11. (noun) Bond
a vassal or serf; a slave

12. (verb) Bond
to place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond

13. (verb) Bond
to dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity

Translation of 'Bond'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: something used for tying (especially a person) They released the prisoner from his bonds.
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
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