bond
A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer is…A document constituting 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.
» Currency and bond markets are relatively calm.
Meaning
17 senses(countable, uncountable)A document constituting 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.
Anleihe
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
(countable, uncountable)A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
Many say that government and corporate bonds are a good investment to balance against a portfolio consisting primarily of stocks.
Schuldverschreibung, Obligation
облига́цияobligácija, бондbond
обліга́ціяoblihácija
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, in the plural, often, uncountable)A physical connection which binds, a band.
The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in iron bonds.
Band
око́выokóvy, у́зыúzy
кайда́ниkajdány
(countable, uncountable)An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.
1792, Edmund Burke, a letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe on the subject of the Roman Catholics of Ireland a people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind.
связьsvjazʹ, у́зыúzy
зв'язо́кzvʺjazók
a connection that fastens things together
(countable, uncountable)Moral or political duty or obligation.
(countable, uncountable)A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.
связьsvjazʹ
зв'язо́кzvʺjazók
an electrical force linking atoms
(countable, uncountable)A binding agreement, a covenant.
You could rely on him. His word was his bond.
Herbert resented his wife for subjecting him to the bonds of matrimony; he claimed they had gotten married while drunk.
обяза́тельствоobjazátelʹstvo, соглаше́ниеsoglašénije
зобов'за́нняzobovʺzánnja
(uncountable)The state of being stored in a bonded warehouse
liquor bottled in bond
(countable, uncountable)A bail bond.
The bailiff released the prisoner as soon as the bond was posted.
(countable, uncountable)Bond paper.
(countable, uncountable)Any constraining or cementing force or material.
A bond of superglue adhered the teacups to the ceiling, much to the consternation of the cafe owners.
Examples
213 sentencesCurrency and bond markets are relatively calm.
Tom is currently out of jail on bond.
Tom and his friends got together and formed a bond.
Tom has been released on bond.
I voted for the bond issue.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 4
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English bond, a variant of band, from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chFrom Middle English bond, a variant of band, from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandaz, *bandiz (“band, fetter”)، from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Swedish band. Doublet of Bund. Related to bind.
From Middle English bonde (“peasant, servant, bondman”), from Old English bōnda, būnda (“householder, freeman, plebeian, husband”), perhaps from Old Norse bóndi (“husbandman, householder”, literally “dweller”), or a contraction of Old English būend (“dweller, inhabitant”), both from Proto-Germanic *būwandz (“dweller”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, appear”). See also bower, boor.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: bondsSynonyms
16 synonyms- British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming:James Bond
- 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
- 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
- a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents:bond paper
- a connection that fastens things together:attachment
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner):shacklehampertrammel
Word family
105 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable