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

noun. Confinement in prison; captivity.

noun. A uniting force or tie; a link.

noun. A binding agreement; a covenant.

noun. A duty, promise, or other obligation by which one is bound.

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

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

noun. A chemical bond.

noun. A systematically overlapping or alternating arrangement of bricks or stones in a wall, designed to increase strength and stability.

noun. A written obligation requiring the payment of a sum at a certain time.

noun. A debt security obligating a government or corporation to pay a specified amount on a future date, especially a marketable security that makes semiannual interest payments.

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noun. A guarantee issued by a surety agency on behalf of a client, requiring the surety to pay a sum of money to a third party in the event the client fails to fulfill certain obligations; a surety bond.

noun. A sum pledged as a guarantee.

noun. A sum paid as a guarantee of a person's appearance at court for trial; bail.

noun. The condition of being held under the guarantee of a customs bond.

noun. An insurance contract that indemnifies an employer for loss resulting from a fraudulent or dishonest act by an employee; a fidelity bond.

noun. Bond paper.

intransitive verb. To join securely, as with glue or cement.

intransitive verb. To join (two or more individuals) in a relationship, as by shared belief or experience.

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intransitive verb. To finance by issuing bonds.

intransitive verb. To raise by issuing bonds.

intransitive verb. To gain the release of (someone who has been arrested) by providing a bail bond.

intransitive verb. To issue a surety bond or a fidelity bond for.

intransitive verb. To lay (bricks or stones) in an overlapping or alternating pattern.

intransitive verb. To cohere with a bond.

intransitive verb. To form a close personal relationship.

intransitive verb. To secure release from prison by providing a bail bond.

To subject to bondage.

To put in bond or into a bonded warehouse, as goods liable for customs or excise duties, the duties remaining unpaid till the goods are taken out, but bonds being given for their payment: as, to bond 1,000 pounds of tobacco.

To grant a bond or bond and mortgage on: as, to bond property.

To convert into bonds: as, to bond a debt.

To place a bonded debt upon: as, to bond a railroad.

In building, to bind or hold together (bricks or stones in a wall) by a proper disposition of headers and stretchers, or by cement, mortar, etc. See bond, n., 12.

To hold together from being bonded, as bricks in a wall.

To unite the ends of (two adjacent rails,) either by copper wires or cables, or by welding, in order to secure a low-resistance return-circuit for the electric current.

noun. Same as bond-timber.

noun. In electricity, the rod, heavy copper wire, or weld which is used to connect the abutting rails of a railway-track to form an electric circuit.

noun. In Scots law, the surrender of a fee to a superior.

noun. A peasant; a churl.

noun. A vassal; a serf; one held in bondage to a superior.

Subject to the tenure called bondage.

In a state of servitude or slavery; not free.

Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave: as, bond fear.

noun. Anything that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together, as a cord, chain, rope, band, or bandage; a ligament.

noun. Specifically

noun. plural Fetters; chains for restraint; hence, imprisonment; captivity.

noun. A binding or uniting power or influence; cause of union; link of connection; a uniting tie: as, the bonds of affection.

active bonds  arbitration bond  average bond  blank bond  block-and-cross bond  

lap of a slate  triple bond  

bondability  bondable  bonded  bonding  

character  civil rights activist  civil rights leader  civil rights worker  fictional character  

English bond  block bond  single bond  

Durand  Fronde  Gond  abscond  beyond  

capital  contract  currency  debt  fund  

Fannie Mae  Federal Agency bond  Ginnie Mae  Oregon boat  Series E bond  

benzene nucleus  valence  

bonded  bonding  bonds