bond

Nouns

• (n) an electrical force linking atoms chemical bond,
• (n) 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 bond certificate,
• (n) 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
  alliance,
• (n) (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
  • the judge set bail at $10,000
  • a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman
  bail, bail bond,
• (n) a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) hamper, shackle, trammel,
• (n) a connection that fastens things together attachment,
• (n) a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents bond paper,
• (n) 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) Julian Bond,
• (n) British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming James Bond,
• (n) 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
  adhesiveness, adherence, adhesion,

Verbs

• (v) stick to firmly
  • Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?
  bind, hold fast, stick to, stick, adhere,
• (v) create social or emotional ties
  • The grandparents want to bond with the child
  bind, attach, tie,
• (v) issue bonds on
• (v) bring together in a common cause or emotion
  • The death of their child had drawn them together
  draw together, bring together,

Synonyms

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