- something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- a cord, rope, band, or ligament.
- something that binds a person or persons to a certain circumstance or line of behavior: the bond of matrimony.
- something, as an agreement or friendship, that unites individuals or peoples into a group; covenant: the bond between nations.
- binding security; firm assurance: My word is my 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.
- any written obligation under seal.
- a written promise of a surety.
- the state of dutiable goods stored without payment of duties or taxes until withdrawn: goods in bond.
- a whiskey that has been aged at least four years in a bonded warehouse before bottling.
- 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 usually bearing a fixed rate of interest.
- Insurance.
- a surety agreement.
- the money deposited, or the promissory arrangement entered into, under any such agreement.
- a substance that causes particles to adhere; binder.
- adhesion between two substances or objects, as concrete and reinforcing strands.
- the attraction between atoms in a molecule or crystalline structure.
- bond paper.
- Masonry.
- any of various arrangements of bricks, stones, etc., having a regular pattern and intended to increase the strength or enhance the appearance of a construction.
- the overlap of bricks, stones, etc., in a construction so as to increase its strength.
- an electric conductor placed between adjacent metal parts within a structure, as in a railroad track, aircraft, or house, to prevent the accumulation of static electricity.
- bondsman1.
- to put (goods, an employee, official, etc.) on or under bond: The company refused to bond a former criminal.
- to connect or bind.
- to place a bonded debt on or secure a debt by bonds; mortgage.
- to join (two materials).
- to lay (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to produce a strong construction.
- to provide with a bond: to bond a railroad track.
- to establish a close emotional relationship to or with (another): the special period when a mother bonds to her infant.
- to hold together or cohere, from or as from being bonded, as bricks in a wall or particles in a mass.
- to establish a bonding.
- a serf or slave.
- in serfdom or slavery.
- U.S. songwriter and author.
- U.S. civil rights leader and politician.
- something that binds, fastens, or holds together, such as a chain or rope
- something that brings or holds people together; tie
- something that restrains or imprisons; captivity or imprisonment
- something that governs behaviour; obligation; duty
- a written or spoken agreement, esp a promise
- adhesive quality or strength
- a certificate of debt issued in order to raise funds. It carries a fixed rate of interest and is repayable with or without security at a specified future date
- a written acknowledgment of an obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
- a policy guaranteeing payment of a stated sum to an employer in compensation for financial losses incurred through illegal or unauthorized acts of an employee
- any of various arrangements of bricks or stones in a wall in which they overlap so as to provide strength
- See chemical bond
- See bond paper
- deposited in a bonded warehouse
- to hold or be held together, as by a rope or an adhesive; bind; connect
- to join (metallic parts of an aircraft) together such that they are electrically interconnected
- to put or hold (goods) in bond
- to place under bond
- to issue bonds on; mortgage
- to arrange (bricks, etc) in a bond
- Edward . born 1934, British dramatist: his plays, including Saved (1965), Lear (1971), Restoration (1981), and In the Company of Men (1990), are noted for their violent imagery and socialist commitment
