bond

Definitions of bond in various dictionaries:

noun - an electrical force linking atoms

noun - a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money

noun - a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

noun - (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

noun - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

noun - a connection that fastens things together

noun - a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper

noun - United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)

noun - British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

noun - the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

verb - stick to firmly

verb - create social or emotional ties

verb - issue bonds on

verb - bring together in a common cause or emotion

Something, such as a fetter, cord, or band, that binds, ties, or fastens things together.

Often bonds.

A uniting force or tie; a link: the bonds of friendship, the familial bond.

A binding agreement; a covenant.

A duty, a promise, or another obligation by which one is bound.

A substance or an agent that causes two or more objects or parts to cohere.

The union or cohesion brought about by such a substance or agent.

A chemical bond.

An overlapping arrangement of bricks or other masonry components in a wall.

Law.

A written and sealed obligation, especially one requiring payment of a stipulated amount of money on or before a given day.

A sum of money paid as bail or surety.

A bail bondsman.

A certificate of debt issued by a government or corporation guaranteeing payment of the original investment plus interest by a specified future date.

The condition of taxable goods being stored in a warehouse until the taxes or duties owed on them are paid.

An insurance contract in which an agency guarantees payment to an employer in the event of unforeseen financial loss through the actions of an employee.

Bond paper.

To mortgage or place a guaranteed bond on.

To furnish bond or surety for.

To place (an employee, for example) under bond or guarantee.

To join securely, as with glue or cement.

To join (two or more individuals) in or as if in a nurturing relationship: “What bonded [the two men]—who spoke rarely and have little personal rapport—was patience and a conviction that uncontrolled inflation endangers... society” (Robert J.

To lay (bricks, for example) in an overlapping pattern for solidity.

To cohere with or as if with a bond.

To form a close personal relationship.

adj - to join together [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BONDABLE