bond

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[[t]bɒnd[/t]]

n.

1) something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together

2) a cord, rope, band, or ligament

3) something that binds a person or persons to a certain circumstance or line of behavior:

the bond of matrimony[/ex]

4) something, as an agreement or friendship, that unites individuals or peoples into a group; covenant

5) binding security; firm assurance:

My word is my bond[/ex]

6) bus a sealed instrument under which a person, corporation, or government guarantees to pay a stated sum of money on or before a specified day

7) any written obligation under seal

8) gov the state of dutiable goods stored without payment of duties or taxes until withdrawn:

goods in bond[/ex]

9) vin a 100-proof whiskey that has been aged at least four years in a bonded warehouse before bottling

10) bus a certificate of ownership of a specified portion of a debt due to be paid by a government or corporation to an individual holder and usu. bearing a fixed rate of interest

11) bus

a) a surety agreement

b) bus the money deposited under such an agreement

12) bui a substance that causes particles to adhere; binder

13) bui adhesion between two substances or objects

14) chem. the attraction between atoms in a molecule or crystalline structure:

covalent bond[/ex]

15) pri

bond paper

16) bui a patterned arrangement of overlapping bricks, stones, etc., in a construction, intended esp. to provide strength

17) Obs.

bondsman I

18) to put (goods, an employee, official, etc.) on or under bond

19) to connect or bind

20) to join (two materials)

21) bui to overlap (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to produce a strong construction

22) den to restore the discolored or damaged surface of (a tooth) by coating it with a durable material that adheres to the existing enamel

23) bui to hold together or cohere, as bricks in a wall or particles in a mass

24) anb to establish a bond as between a parent and offspring

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Etymology: 1175–1225; ME (n.); var. of band III bond′a•ble, adj. bond`a•bil′i•ty, n. bond′er, n. bond′less, adj. II

bond

[[t]bɒnd[/t]] Obs.

1) a serf or slave

2) in serfdom or slavery

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Etymology: bef. 1050; ME bonde, OE bonda < ON bōndi husbandman