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Wiktionary

  1. bundnoun

    a league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.

    The most important of these [secondary containment] provisions are bunds, which are enclosures capable of holding liquids that may escape from the vessels and pipes within the bund wall. -- Second progress report on the Buncefield investigation

  2. bundnoun

    A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks.

    The most important of these [secondary containment] provisions are bunds, which are enclosures capable of holding liquids that may escape from the vessels and pipes within the bund wall. -- Second progress report on the Buncefield investigation

  3. bundverb

    To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.

    Plant room floors are generally bunded and/or waterproofed to contain any leaks or spillages of liquids and fluids from faulty tanks, plant or pipe work. RIW Ltd. Waterproofing Products

  4. Etymology: From Bund

Wikipedia

  1. BUND

    Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (German pronunciation: [bʊnt fyːɐ̯ ˈʔʊmvɛlt ʔʊnt naˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃʊts ˈdɔʏtʃlant] (listen); BUND, German pronunciation: [ˌbeːʔuːʔɛnˈdeː] (listen)) is a German non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to preserving nature and protecting the environment. The name means "German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation". Its subtitle Friends of the Earth Germany indicates that BUND is a member organisation of the international network Friends of the Earth (FoE).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bundnoun

    league; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states

  2. Bundnoun

    an embankment against inundation

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. bund

    In India, an embankment; whence, Bunda head, and Bunda boat.

Suggested Resources

  1. BUND

    What does BUND stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BUND acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BUND

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bund is ranked #117480 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bund surname appeared 148 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bund.

    83.7% or 124 total occurrences were White.
    6% or 9 total occurrences were Black.
    4.7% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
    4% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bund in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bund in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of bund in a Sentence

  1. Fabrizio Biondo:

    If a 'no' vote prevails, we now think that 'Grexit' will become very likely, so for now we are holding our small positions, we are keeping our long dollar and bund positions which are clearly positive contributors to the performance today.

  2. Logic Investments ' Harry Shann:

    The volatility in the DAX has not been helped by the euro strengthening and a Bund yield that keeps rising. If it falls down to 11,000, then we might buy around there.

  3. David Joy:

    European stocks are likely to open sharply lower, as will bund yields and Treasury yields. Credit spreads will widen, the dollar will strengthen along with gold.

  4. Zhao Chu:

    It's been a tradition to see the lights on the Bund on New Year's Eve. Shanghai people know it, and the whole country knows it, the government should have foreseen the crowds on that night. Such incidents could have been avoided.

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  • paqueteSpanish
  • The word "bund" can be translated to French as "quai" if you are referring to a waterfront promenade or embankment. If it has another specific context, please provide more details for an accurate translation.French
  • बुंदHindi
  • gili-giliIndonesian
  • The English word "bund" can be translated to Italian as "molo" if referring to a wharf or embankment, or it can be left as "bund" if it refers to the specific historic area or context, such as the Bund in Shanghai. Could you please provide more conteItalian
  • בונדHebrew
  • The English word "bund" can refer to a variety of meanings depending on the context. However, it is often used to denote a levee or embankment, particularly in relation to riverbanks. If you are referring to "bund" in the context of an embankment, tLatin
  • The word "bund" can be translated to Swedish as "bindning" or "bunt" depending on the context. Could you please provide more context or a complete sentence for a more accurate translation?Swedish
  • بندUrdu
  • 外灘Chinese

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