bond
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
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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.
Inflected forms:
form: bonds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bonds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bonding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bonded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bonded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: more bond
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bond
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
Many say that government and corporate bonds are a good investment to balance against a portfolio consisting primarily of stocks.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A physical connection which binds, a band.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
often
uncountable
examples: The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in iron bonds.
gloss: An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.
1792, Edmund Burke, a letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland
a people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind.
Between us there was, as I have already said somewhere, the bond of the sea.
gloss: Moral or political duty or obligation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
gloss: A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.
gloss: A binding agreement, a covenant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: You could rely on him. His word was his bond.
Herbert resented his wife for subjecting him to the bonds of matrimony; he claimed they had gotten married while drunk.
gloss: The state of being stored in a bonded warehouse
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: liquor bottled in bond
gloss: A bail bond.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The bailiff released the prisoner as soon as the bond was posted.
Ellison, who is out on bond, also faces the prospect of lengthy imprisonment. Her lawyers did not comment.
gloss: Bond paper.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any constraining or cementing force or material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A bond of superglue adhered the teacups to the ceiling, much to the consternation of the cafe owners.
gloss: In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A mortgage.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
countable
uncountable
gloss: A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.
gloss: To cause to adhere (one material with another).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.
gloss: To form a chemical compound with.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.
gloss: To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.
The existence of such [criminal] records can and has been a barrier to men who wish to obtain a job that requires bonding (such as working in a bank).
gloss: To form a friendship or emotional connection.
pos: verb
examples: The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.
gloss: To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.
gloss: To bail out by means of a bail bond.
pos: verb
examples: In the August election of 1874 I bonded out of jail eighteen colored men that had been in there, and there has not one of them been tried yet, and they never will be.
In jail for killing a man, Procter Lewis is placed in a cell where he is faced with a choice: he can be bonded out of jail by Roger Medlow, the owner of the plantation where he lives, or he can serve his time in the penitentiary.
And no, you cannot drive her down to the bank to see if her new AFDC card is activated and drop her kids off at school for her because she didn't think to get her car before he bonded out of jail.
gloss: Subject to the tenure called bondage.
pos: adj
gloss: In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.
pos: adj
gloss: Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.
pos: adj
examples: bond fear
Synonyms: stick
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
dim sum bond
disbond
disulfide bond
double bond
English bond
eurobond
Eurobond
fidelity bond
Flemish bond
flower bond
fluid-bonded
glycosidic bond
government bond
green bond
guaranteed equity bond
heartbond
heart bond
husband
hydrogen bond
interbond
ionic bond
junk bond
letter bond
liberty bond
long bond
long bond paper
mechanical bond
metallic bond
minibond
mortgage bond
multiple bond
nonbond
pair bond
pancake bond
panda bond
peace bond
peptide bond
performance bond
perpetual bond
pi bond
polar covalent bond
precipice bond
pseudobond
ragbond
rebond
registered bond
senior bond
serial bond
short bond
short bond paper
sigma bond
single bond
sovereign bond
stereobond
stretcher bond
superbond
surety bond
three-center two-electron bond
triple bond
valence bond
victory bond
war bond
word is bond
zero coupon bond
π bond
bondage
bondsman
bondability
bondable
Bond
bondfolk
bondland
bondly
bondmaid
bondman
bondservant
bond-service
bond-slave
bond-tenant
bondwoman
bondswoman
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