Definition & Meaning of "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

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

a connection that fastens things together

(law) an amount of money paid to temporarily release a person from prison until their trial

the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

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)

British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

(of goods) to be placed under the control of customs authorities

to connect things together