Bond

Noun

 * 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 physical connection which binds, a band; often plural.
 * 4) An emotional  link, connection or union.
 * 5)  A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
 * 6) A binding agreement, a covenant.
 * 7) A sum of money paid as bail or surety.
 * 8) Any constraining or cementing force or material.
 * 9)  In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying.
 * 10) In Scotland, a mortgage.

Verb

 * 1)  To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
 * 2)  To cause to adhere (one material with another).
 * 3)  To form a chemical compound with.
 * 4)  To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
 * 5) To form a friendship or emotional connection.
 * 6)  To put in a bonded warehouse.
 * 7)  To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
 * 8)  To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).

Adjectives for Bond

 * (certificate or debenture) corporation; government; interest-bearing; matured; municipal; negotiable; transferable; utility.
 * (investment) dubious; crinkly; unimpeachable; funding; highly-secured; gilt-edged.
 * (tie) textual; unbreakable; inescapable; economic; financial; confidential; cruel; weak; tacit; everlasting; powerful; tenacious; imperishable; invisible; sympathetic; secret; strong; invariable; delusive; indissoluble; indestructible; intellectual; countless (pi); subtle; artistic; single; merry; harmonious; conventional; natural; oppressive; fraternal; eternal; marriage; enduring; close.

Verbs for Bond

 * (certificate or debenture) advise on —s; borrow on —s; cash —s; float —s; inherit —s; investigate —s; issue —s; liquidate—; market —s; number—s; print —s; recommend —s; register —s; repudiate—s; sell—s; serialize—s; transfer—s; —accumulates interest; —matures; — promises.
 * (tie) burst —s; contract—; dissolve—; enter—;liberate from—; link with —s; loose —s; maintain—; pledge—; seal—; shatter—;snap —s asunder; tighten—; —cements; — confines; —connects; —constrains; —endures; —enslaves; —fetters; —imprisons;—manacles; —obligates; —restrains; — shackles.

Adverbs for Bond

 * (tie) indissolubly; unbreakably; inescapably; financially; tenaciously; imperishably; invisibly; conventionally; eternally; oppressively.

Derived terms

 * bail bond
 * bond paper
 * bond discount
 * bond for deed
 * bond for general purposes
 * bond issue
 * bond premium
 * bondage
 * bonded debt
 * bondsman
 * bearer bond
 * completion bond
 * corporate bond


 * covalent bond
 * English bond
 * Flemish bond
 * government bond
 * ionic bond
 * junk bond
 * perpetual bond
 * performance bond
 * registered bond
 * serial bond
 * surety bond
 * war bond
 * zero coupon bond
 * bondability
 * bondable

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Etymology
Phonetic variant of band:, influenced by bonda: