Definitions for bond
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. chemical bond, bondnoun

   an electrical force linking atoms

2. bond, bond certificatenoun

   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. alliance, bondnoun

   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. bail, bail bond, bondnoun

   (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. shackle, bond, hamper, trammelnoun

   a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

6. attachment, bondnoun

   a connection that fastens things together

7. bond, bond papernoun

   a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

8. Bond, Julian Bondnoun

   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. Bond, James Bondnoun

   British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

10. adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bondverb

    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. adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick toverb

    stick to firmly

    "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

12. bind, tie, attach, bondverb

    create social or emotional ties

    "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

13. bondverb

    issue bonds on

14. bond, bring together, draw togetherverb

    bring together in a common cause or emotion

    "The death of their child had drawn them together"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bondadjective

   Captive; in a servile state.

   Etymology: from bind, perhaps for bound; from gebonden , Saxon.

   Whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free. 1 Cor. xii. 13.

2. BONDnoun

   Etymology: bond, Sax. bound;

   1. Cords, or chains, with which any one is bound.

   There left me, and my man, both bound together;
   Till, gnawing with my teeth my bonds asunder,
   I gain’d my freedom. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.

   2. Ligament that holds any thing together.

   Let any one send his contemplation to the extremities of the universe, and see, what conceivable hoops, what bond he can imagine to hold this mass of matter in so close a pressure together. John Locke.

   3. Union; connexion.

   Observe, in working up the walls, that no side of the house, nor any part of the walls, be wrought up three feet above the other, before the next adjoining wall be wrought up to it, so that they may be all joined together, and make a good bond. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   4. Chains; imprisonment; captivity.

   Whom I perceived to have nothing laid to his charge, worthy of death, or of bonds. Acts, xxiii. 29.

   5. Cement of union; cause of union; link of connexion.

   Wedding is great Juno’s crown;
   O blessed bond of board and bed! William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   Love cools, brothers divide, and the bond is cracked ’twixt son and father. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   6. A writing of obligation to pay a sum, or perform a contract.

   Go with me to a notary, seal me there
   Your single bond. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   What if I ne’er consent to make you mine;
   My father’s promise ties me not to time;
   And bonds without a date, they say are void. Dryden.

   7. Obligation; law by which any man is obliged.

   Unhappy that I am! I cannot heave
   My heart into my mouth: I love your majesty
   According to my bond, no more nor less. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   Take which you please, it dissolves the bonds of government and obedience. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOND

   BOND (Building Object Network Databases) started development in late 2000 as a rapid application development tool for the GNOME Desktop by Treshna Enterprises. Its aim was to fill a gap that traditional Microsoft Windows applications like Borland Delphi, Microsoft Access and Visual Basic filled on the Windows desktop, but targeted for the Linux environment. Its goal was to allow developers to quickly build database forms in XML for backend SQL databases. It has been employed extensively by Treshna Enterprises to develop applications such as PayMaster (an opensource payroll application) and GymMaster (a commercial gym management application).

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1. bond

   A bond is a type of investment in which an investor lends money to an entity (typically a corporation or governmental body) for a specified period at a fixed interest rate. The entity then pays the interest to the investor over a specified time frame and returns the principal amount on the bond's maturity date. Bonds are essentially debt securities that serve as a way for organizations to raise capital. They are also considered a safer investment compared to stocks, providing a predictable income stream.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Bondnoun

   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

2. Bondnoun

   the state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint

3. Bondnoun

   a binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship

4. Bondnoun

   moral or political duty or obligation

5. Bondnoun

   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

6. Bondnoun

   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

7. Bondnoun

   the state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond

8. Bondnoun

   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

9. Bondnoun

   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

10. Bondverb

    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

11. Bondverb

    to dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity

12. Bondnoun

    a vassal or serf; a slave

13. Bondadjective

    in a state of servitude or slavery; captive

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOND

   BOND started development in late 2000 as a rapid application development tool for the GNOME Desktop by Treshna Enterprises. Its aim was to fill a gap that traditional Microsoft Windows applications like Borland Delphi, Microsoft Access and Visual Basic filled on the Windows desktop, but targeted for the Linux environment. Its goal was to allow developers to quickly build database forms in XML for backend SQL databases. It has been employed extensively by Treshna Enterprises to develop applications such as PayMaster and GymMaster.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bond

   A type of loving connection.

   There was a great bond between them and it was such a joy to see.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 28, 2019  

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   bond

   A type of energy or matter that causes things to unite.

   The common bond was their love for each other.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 28, 2019  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOND

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bond is ranked #679 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bond surname appeared 50,610 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 17 would have the surname Bond.
   
   75.9% or 38,418 total occurrences were White.
   17.8% or 9,049 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 1,230 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 1,184 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 430 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 294 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Attraction
   • Civil Rights Leader
   • Connection
   • Criminal Law
   • Fictional Character
   • Mortgage
   • Recognizance
   • Restraint
   • Writing Paper

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bond' in Nouns Frequency: #1203

How to pronounce bond?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bond in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bond in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bond in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of bond in a Sentence

1. Greg Pellegrino:

   I know how much I love my brother, and I know how much Greg loves his brothers, siblings have a bond and a relationship like no other.

2. Gennadiy Goldberg:

   The move lower in rates has just been absolutely relentless, and even long-standing bond bulls have been surprised by how quickly we moved to this level, there’s definitely an element of the unknown about what the extent of the actual contagion is from Brexit.

3. Bjarni Torfason:

   The point is to effectively shorten the bond for the investor, it doesn’t guarantee they will get their money back when the coupon steps-up, but it makes it very likely they will get their money back at that time and otherwise provides them with a high coupon bond that could likely be sold at a good price.

4. Yvonne Padmos:

   The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was penned to encourage mankind to embrace a brotherly and sisterly bond. However, if our own flesh and blood fail to embody this ideal, how can we expect the world to do so? Perhaps, it is time to rewrite the scenes of the play of life, to redefine the roles of brothers and sisters, and cultivate a society abundant in empathy and compassion.

5. Dave Durenberger:

   He tried to find the goodness or the common bond that he shared with everybody. Everybody had the potential to be his friend -- whether it was the King of Jordan or the Jordanian immigrant driving a cab.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bond
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bond
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bond
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bond
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html