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bond meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of bond at MeaningMonkey.org. bond meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.BOND noun
Definition of bond (noun)
- an electrical force linking atoms
- synonyms: chemical bond
- a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
- synonyms: bond certificate
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
- synonyms: alliance
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- a connection that fastens things together
- synonyms: attachment
- a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- synonyms: bond paper
- 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)
- synonyms: Julian Bond
- British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
- synonyms: James Bond
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
- synonyms: adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness
BOND verb
Definition of bond (verb)
- stick to firmly
- create social or emotional ties
- issue bonds on
- bring together in a common cause or emotion
- "The death of their child had drawn them together"
- synonyms: bring together, draw together
Source: Princeton University Wordnet