Noun Definition
bond
1.Definition: (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"
Related Noun(s):bail
Category: General2.Definition: 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
Category: General3.Definition: 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"
Related Noun(s):alliance
Category: General4.Definition: a connection that fastens things together
Related Noun(s):attachment
Category: Objects5.Definition: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
Category: Objects6.Definition: a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
Category: General8.Definition: British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
Related Noun(s):james bond
Category: People9.Definition: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
Related Noun(s):adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness
Category: General10.Definition: 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)
Related Noun(s):julian bond
Category: People