bond

Meaning

1. 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.
13. In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
14. A mortgage.
15. A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.

tie

written agreement

bond certificate

hold fast

roller bandage

siamese

stick on

tie on

go bail for

stocks and shares

floating rate note

bail-bond

lingering sentiment

stone and water to make floor

surety-bond

book binding

bond note

connection box

debt security

cohesive material

fusion area

floating rate bond

plastering agent

binding admixture

association trail

cables length

acknowledgement

fixed-income security

advance deposit

axial bond

chain link

couple on

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑnd/

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.