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: General

2.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: General

3.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: General

4.Definition: a connection that fastens things together

Related Noun(s):attachment

Category: Objects

5.Definition: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

Related Noun(s):hamper, shackle, trammel

Category: Objects

6.Definition: a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

Category: General

7.Definition: an electrical force linking atoms

Category: General

8.Definition: British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

Related Noun(s):james bond

Category: People

9.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: General

10.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