bond
bond
- n an electrical force linking atoms
- n 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
- n a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them - n (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman - n a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- n a connection that fastens things together
- n a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- n 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)
- n British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
- n the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- v stick to firmly
- v create social or emotional ties
The grandparents want to bond with the child - v issue bonds on
- v bring together in a common cause or emotion
- The bonds in default were issued for two plants that Whoops calls Projects 4 and 5.
- The collapse of the extraordinary rise in prices for German Government internal bonds, long predicted by Wall Street, has at this writing apparently occurred.
- Investors looking for safety have dived into bonds.