FromMiddle Englishbond, a variant ofband, fromOld Englishbeand,bænd,bend(“bond, chain,fetter, band, ribbon, ornament,chaplet, crown”), fromProto-Germanic*bandaz,*bandiz(“band, fetter”). Cognate withDutchband,GermanBand,Swedishband.Doublet ofBund. Related tobind.
bond (countable anduncountable,pluralbonds)
- (law) Adocument constitutingevidence of a long-termdebt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to payinterest when due, and repay theprincipal atmaturity, as specified on the face of the bondcertificate. The rights of theholder are specified in the bondindenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms:registered bonds, andbearer bonds.
- (finance) Adocumentaryobligation topay asum or toperform acontract; adebenture.
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
Many say that government and corporatebonds are a good investment to balance against a portfolio consisting primarily of stocks.
- 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.
- (often in theplural) A physical connection whichbinds, aband.
The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in ironbonds.
- An emotionallink,connection orunion; that which holds two or more peopletogether, as in afriendship; atie.
They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break thebond of their friendship.
- 1792,Edmund Burke,a letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland
- a people with whom I have no tie but the commonbond of mankind.
1899 February,Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, inBlackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […],→OCLC, part I,page193:Between us there was, as I have already said somewhere, thebond of the sea.
- Moral or political duty or obligation.
c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i]:I love your majesty / According to mybond, nor more nor less.
- (chemistry) A link orforce between neighbouringatoms in amolecule.
Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbonbonds, in their many variations.
- A bindingagreement, acovenant.
You could rely on him. His word was hisbond.
Herbert resented his wife for subjecting him to thebonds of matrimony; he claimed they had gotten married while drunk.
- (uncountable) The state of being stored in abonded warehouse
- (law) Abail bond.
The bailiff released the prisoner as soon as thebond was posted.
2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, inThe Guardian[1],→ISSN:Ellison, who is out onbond, also faces the prospect of lengthy imprisonment. Her lawyers did not comment.
- (by ellipsis)Bond paper.
- Anyconstraining orcementing force or material.
Abond of superglue adhered the teacups to the ceiling, much to the consternation of the cafe owners.
- (construction) Inbuilding, a specificpattern ofbricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
- Synonym:bondwork
- (Scotland) Amortgage.
- (railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
legal: evidence of a long-term debt
finance: documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract
partial payment by a customer to secure a product
emotional link, connection or union
moral or political duty or obligation
chemistry: link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule
binding agreement, covenant
any constraining or cementing force or material
specific pattern of bricklaying
railways: heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track
FromMiddle Englishbonden.
bond (third-person singular simple presentbonds,present participlebonding,simple past and past participlebonded)
- (transitive) Toconnect,secure ortie with a bond; tobind.
The gargantuan ape wasbonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.
- (transitive) Tocause toadhere (one material with another).
The childrenbonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.
- (transitive, chemistry) To form achemical compound with.
Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made tobond with other elements.
- (transitive) Toguarantee orsecure afinancialrisk.
The contractor wasbonded with a local underwriter.
1979 April 7, David Brill, “BPL Arrests: A Year Later”, inGay Community News, page 1:The existence of such [criminal] records can and has been a barrier to men who wish to obtain a job that requiresbonding (such as working in a bank).
- To form a friendship or emotional connection.
The men hadbonded while serving together in Vietnam.
- (transitive) To put in abondedwarehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
- (transitive, construction) To laybricks in a specific pattern.
- (transitive, electricity) To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
A house's distribution panel should always bebonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.
- Tobail out by means of abail bond.
- 1877, Report No. 704 of proceedingsIn the Senate of the United States, 44th Congress, 2nd Session, page 642:
- In the August election of 1874 Ibonded out of jail eighteen colored men that had been in there, and there has not one of them been tried yet, and they never will be.
1995, Herman Beavers,Wrestling angels into song: the fictions of Ernest J. Gaines, page28:In jail for killing a man, Procter Lewis is placed in a cell where he is faced with a choice: he can bebonded out of jail by Roger Medlow, the owner of the plantation where he lives, or he can serve his time in the penitentiary.
2001, Elaine J. Lawless,Women escaping violence: empowerment through narrative, page xxi:And no, you cannot drive her down to the bank to see if her new AFDC card is activated and drop her kids off at school for her because she didn't think to get her car before hebonded out of jail.
to connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind
to cause to adhere (one material with another)
chemistry: to form a chemical compound with
to guarantee or secure a financial risk
to form a friendship or emotional connection
to put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid
construction: to lay bricks in a specific pattern
electricity: to make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors)
to bail out by means of a bail bond
FromMiddle Englishbonde(“peasant, servant, bondman”), fromOld Englishbōnda,būnda(“householder, freeman, plebeian, husband”), perhaps fromOld Norsebóndi(“husbandman, householder”, literally“dweller”), or a contraction ofOld Englishbūend(“dweller, inhabitant”), both fromProto-Germanic*būwandz(“dweller”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰuH-(“to become, grow, appear”). See alsobower,boor.
bond (pluralbonds)
- Apeasant;churl.
- Avassal;serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
bond (comparativemorebond,superlativemostbond)
- Subject to the tenure calledbondage.
- In a state ofservitude orslavedom; not free.
- Servile;slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.
bond fear
FromMiddle Dutchbund. The word could also be neuter until the 19th century, when it became increasingly common under the influence ofGermanBund.
bond m (pluralbonden,diminutivebondje n)
- society,fellowship
- Synonym:verbond
- union,association,guild
- vakbond -trade union
- coalition,alliance,league
- Volkenbond -League of Nations
- covenant,agreement
- (dated)bundle(set of objects packed or tied together)
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
bond
- singularpastindicative ofbinden
Frombondir.
bond m (pluralbonds)
- jump,bound,leap
- bounce
bond
- alternative form ofband
bond
- alternative spelling ofband
