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say it: bahnd
bond is a noun and verb meaning "an electrical force linking atoms". It is pronounced /ˈbɑnd/ — bahnd. It carries 14 recorded senses.
an electrical force linking atoms
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
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”
(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”
criminal law
a connection that fastens things together
a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
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)
British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
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”
issue bonds on
bring together in a common cause or emotion
“The death of their child had drawn them together”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bond come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.