English Explanatory Dictionary

bond

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
  2. A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
  3. A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.
  4. A physical connection which binds, a band.
  5. An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
  6. Moral or political duty or obligation.
  7. A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
  8. A binding agreement, a covenant.
  9. The state of being stored in a bonded warehouse
  10. A bail bond.
  11. Bond paper.
  12. Any constraining or cementing force or material.
verb
  1. To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
  2. To cause to adhere (one material with another).
  3. To form a chemical compound with.
  4. To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
  5. To form a friendship or emotional connection.
  6. To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
  7. To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
  8. To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
  9. To bail out by means of a bail bond.
noun
  1. A peasant; churl.
  2. A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
adj
  1. Subject to the tenure called bondage.
  2. In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.
  3. Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A unisex given name from Old Norse.
  3. An unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
  4. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Tennessee, United States.

Pronunciation

/bɒnd/ /bɑnd/ en-us-bond.ogg /bɔnd/

Word forms

bond bonds bonding bonded more bond most bond

Etymology

From Middle English bond, a variant of band, from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandaz, *bandiz (“band, fetter”). Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Swedish band. Doublet of Bund. Related to bind.

Synonyms

bondwork stick cling

Related words

boor bower

Derived words

accrual bond baby bond backbond bail bond banana bond bastardy bond bearer bond bond angle bond cleaning bond discount bond dissociation energy bond distortion bonded debt bond energy bonder bond for deed bond for general purposes bondforming bondholder bondholding bonding bond issue bond length bondless bondlike bondmaiden bond market bondmate bond order bond paper bond premium bond service bondslave bondslavery bondsperson bondstone bond timber bond vigilante bottled in bond callable bond capital appreciation bond carbon-carbon bond catastrophe bond cat bond chemical bond climate bond CoCo bond completion bond coordinate bond coordinate covalent bond corona bond corporate bond counterbond coupon bond covalent bond covered bond dative bond debenture bond debond delta bond

Translations

Bulgarian: Бонд Catalan: Pagès Chinese Mandarin: 邦德
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