bond

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, in-plural, often, uncountable) A physical connection which binds, a band.
5. (countable, uncountable) An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
6. (countable, uncountable) Moral or political duty or obligation.
7. (countable, uncountable) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
8. (countable, uncountable) A binding agreement, a covenant.
9. (uncountable) The state of being stored in a bonded warehouse
10. (countable, uncountable) A bail bond.
11. (countable, uncountable) Bond paper.
12. (countable, uncountable) Any constraining or cementing force or material.
13. (countable, uncountable) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
14. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) A mortgage.
15. (countable, uncountable) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.

Verb

1. (transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
2. (transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).
3. (transitive) To form a chemical compound with.
4. (transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
5. To form a friendship or emotional connection.
6. (transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
7. (transitive) To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
8. (transitive) 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.

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bond

Inherited from Old English: beand

Cognate with Dutch: band

Cognate with German: Band

Cognate with Swedish: band

Inherited from Middle English: bonden

Inherited from Middle English: bonde

Inherited from Old English: bōnda

In summary

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

tie

link

🔗

connection

bind

security

stick

debenture

bail

certificate

attachment

join

deed

adhere

contract

fetter

binding

guarantee

attach

band

relationship

pledge

surety

obligation

fix

shackle

fasten

linkage

ligature

bail bond

unite

bond paper

alliance

stick to

promise

pact

pin

stock

bondage

moor

knot

🪢

league

couple

👫

covenant

ligament

mortgage

connect

hold fast

chemical bond

conjoin

chain

Sentences

The cold drizzle will halt the bond drive .

Town Fork settlers formed a bond with Moravians in Bethania and Bethabara .