What does bond mean?
Definitions for bond
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Princeton's WordNet
chemical bond, bondnoun
an electrical force linking atoms
bond, bond certificatenoun
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
alliance, bondnoun
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"
bail, bail bond, bondnoun
(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"
shackle, bond, hamper, trammelnoun
a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
attachment, bondnoun
a connection that fastens things together
bond, bond papernoun
a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
Bond, Julian Bondnoun
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)
Bond, James Bondnoun
British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bondverb
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"
adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick toverb
stick to firmly
"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
bind, tie, attach, bondverb
create social or emotional ties
"The grandparents want to bond with the child"
bondverb
issue bonds on
bond, bring together, draw togetherverb
bring together in a common cause or emotion
"The death of their child had drawn them together"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bondadjective
Captive; in a servile state.
Etymology: from bind, perhaps for bound; from gebonden , Saxon.
Whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free. 1 Cor. xii. 13.
BONDnoun
Etymology: bond, Sax. bound;
There left me, and my man, both bound together;
Till, gnawing with my teeth my bonds asunder,
I gain’d my freedom. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.Let any one send his contemplation to the extremities of the universe, and see, what conceivable hoops, what bond he can imagine to hold this mass of matter in so close a pressure together. John Locke.
Observe, in working up the walls, that no side of the house, nor any part of the walls, be wrought up three feet above the other, before the next adjoining wall be wrought up to it, so that they may be all joined together, and make a good bond. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
Whom I perceived to have nothing laid to his charge, worthy of death, or of bonds. Acts, xxiii. 29.
Wedding is great Juno’s crown;
O blessed bond of board and bed! William Shakespeare, As you like it.Love cools, brothers divide, and the bond is cracked ’twixt son and father. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
Go with me to a notary, seal me there
Your single bond. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.What if I ne’er consent to make you mine;
My father’s promise ties me not to time;
And bonds without a date, they say are void. Dryden.Unhappy that I am! I cannot heave
My heart into my mouth: I love your majesty
According to my bond, no more nor less. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.Take which you please, it dissolves the bonds of government and obedience. John Locke.
Wikipedia
BOND
BOND (Building Object Network Databases) started development in late 2000 as a rapid application development tool for the GNOME Desktop by Treshna Enterprises. Its aim was to fill a gap that traditional Microsoft Windows applications like Borland Delphi, Microsoft Access and Visual Basic filled on the Windows desktop, but targeted for the Linux environment. Its goal was to allow developers to quickly build database forms in XML for backend SQL databases. It has been employed extensively by Treshna Enterprises to develop applications such as PayMaster (an opensource payroll application) and GymMaster (a commercial gym management application).
ChatGPT
bond
A bond is a type of investment in which an investor lends money to an entity (typically a corporation or governmental body) for a specified period at a fixed interest rate. The entity then pays the interest to the investor over a specified time frame and returns the principal amount on the bond's maturity date. Bonds are essentially debt securities that serve as a way for organizations to raise capital. They are also considered a safer investment compared to stocks, providing a predictable income stream.
Webster Dictionary
Bondnoun
that which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle
Bondnoun
the state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint
Bondnoun
a binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship
Bondnoun
moral or political duty or obligation
Bondnoun
a writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum
Bondnoun
an instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond
Bondnoun
the state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond
Bondnoun
the union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other
Bondnoun
a unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence
Bondverb
to place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond
Bondverb
to dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity
Bondnoun
a vassal or serf; a slave
Bondadjective
in a state of servitude or slavery; captive
Wikidata
BOND
BOND started development in late 2000 as a rapid application development tool for the GNOME Desktop by Treshna Enterprises. Its aim was to fill a gap that traditional Microsoft Windows applications like Borland Delphi, Microsoft Access and Visual Basic filled on the Windows desktop, but targeted for the Linux environment. Its goal was to allow developers to quickly build database forms in XML for backend SQL databases. It has been employed extensively by Treshna Enterprises to develop applications such as PayMaster and GymMaster.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BOND
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bond is ranked #679 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bond surname appeared 50,610 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 17 would have the surname Bond.
75.9% or 38,418 total occurrences were White.
17.8% or 9,049 total occurrences were Black.
2.4% or 1,230 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.3% or 1,184 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.8% or 430 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.5% or 294 total occurrences were Asian.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bond' in Nouns Frequency: #1203
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bond in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bond in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of bond in a Sentence
They believe it engenders goodwill and a bond between the community.
The government of Kenya have come up strongly, that they are looking at doing a green bond and its one of the ones we are keenly talking to.
Julian Bond was a hero and, I'm privileged to say, a friend.
It's difficult to predict because there's low visibility, but in this case we think the risk skews towards higher demand to receive the bond rather than deliver it, which would raise the CDS recovery price.
Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but the rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union, by consolidating it in a common bond of principle.
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- رباطArabic
- свързвам, свързвам сеBulgarian
- aparellCatalan, Valencian
- dluhopis, vazbaCzech
- båndDanish
- Obligation, AnleiheGerman
- δεσμόςGreek
- enlaceSpanish
- sitoutua, muodostaa, velkakirja, sidos, kiinnityskirja, kahlehtia, kiinnittää, side, liitos, kahle, sitoaFinnish
- appareil, appareiller, alliance, lien, entrave, liaison, lier, obligationFrench
- cuibhreach, bannScottish Gaelic
- बंधनHindi
- kötvény, kötésHungarian
- obligasiIndonesian
- legare, legameItalian
- 債券Japanese
- 노예Korean
- vinculumLatin
- roiMāori
- bindingDutch
- więźPolish
- ligação, laçoPortuguese
- alianță, legăturăRomanian
- облига́ция, обяза́тельство, у́зы, связь, соглаше́ние, бонд, око́выRussian
- zaveza, vez, obveznicaSlovene
- bindning, band, obligationSwedish
- พันธบัตรThai
- liên kếtVietnamese
- 键Chinese
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