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Definition bond

Etymology 1

From Middle English bond, a variant of band, from Old English beand, b�nd, bend (�bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown�), from Proto-Germanic *bandaz, *bandiz (�band, fetter�). Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Swedish band. Related to bind.

Noun

bond (plural bonds)

(law) Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
(finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
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 the plural) A physical connection which binds, a band.
An emotional link, connection or union.
Moral or political duty or obligation.
(chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
A binding agreement, a covenant.
A bail bond.
Any constraining or cementing force or material.
(construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying.
In Scotland, a mortgage.
(railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.

Verb

bond (third-person singular simple present bonds, present participle bonding, simple past and past participle bonded)

(transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
(transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).
(transitive, chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.
(transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
To form a friendship or emotional connection.
(transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
(transitive, construction) To lay bricks 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).
To bail out by means of a bail bond.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bonde (�peasant, servant, bondman�), from Old English b?nda, b?nda (�householder, freeman, plebeian, husband�), perhaps from Old Norse b�ndi (�husbandman, householder�, literally �dweller�), or a contraction of Old English b?end (�dweller, inhabitant�), both from Proto-Germanic *b?wandz (�dweller�), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (�to swell, grow�). See also bower, boor.