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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bond \Bond\ (b[o^]nd), noun [The same word as band. Cf. {Band}, {Bend}.]
1. That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.
Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained my freedom. --Shak.
2. pl. The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint. ''This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.'' --Acts xxvi.
3. A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.
A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind. --Burke.
4. Moral or political duty or obligation.
I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more nor less. --Shak.
5. (Law) A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a {single bond}. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
6. A financial instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; a written promise to pay a specific sum of money on or before a specified day, given in return for a sum of money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.
7. The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.
8. (Arch.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in {English bond} or {block bond} (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.
9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction between atoms; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. Also called {chemical bond}. It is often represented in graphic formul[ae] by a short line or dash. See Diagram of {Benzene nucleus}, and {Valence}. Several types of bond are distinguished by chemists, as {double bond}, {triple bond}, {covalent bond}, {hydrogen bond}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
10. (Elec.) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
11. League; association; confederacy. [South Africa] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Africander Bond, a league or association appealing to African, but practically to Boer, patriotism. --James Bryce. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Arbitration bond}. See under {Arbitration}.
{Bond creditor} (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a bond. --Blackstone.
{covalent bond}, an attractive force between two atoms of a molecule generated by the merging of an electron orbital of each atom into a combined orbital in the molecule. Such bonds vary in strength, but in molecules of substances typically encountered in human experience (as, water or alcohol) they are sufficiently strong to persist and maintain the identity and integrity of the molecule over appreciable periods of time. Each such bond satisfies one unit of {valence} for each of the atoms thus bonded. Contrasted with {hydrogen bond}, which is weaker and does not satisfy the valence of either atom involved.
{double bond}, {triple bond}, a {covalent bond} which involves the merging of orbitals of two (or three) electrons on each of the two connected atoms, thus satisfying two (or three) units of valence on each of the bonded atoms. When two carbon atoms are thus bonded, the bond (and the compound) are said to be unsaturated.
{Bond debt} (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of a bond. --Burrows.
{hydrogen bond}, a non-covalent bond between hydrogen and another atom, usually oxygen or nitrogen. It does not involve the sharing of electrons between the bonded atoms, and therefore does not satisfy the valence of either atom. Hydrogen bonds are weak (ca. 5 kcal/mol) and may be frequently broken and reformed in solution at room temperature.
{Bond of a slate} or {lap of a slate}, the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate.
{Bond timber}, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bond \Bond\ (b[o^]nd), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bonded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bonding}.]
1. To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.
2. (Arch.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bond \Bond\, noun [OE. bond, bonde, peasant, serf, AS. bonda, bunda, husband, bouseholder, from Icel. b[=o]ndi husbandman, for b[=u]andi, fr. b[=u]a to dwell. See {Boor}, {Husband}.] A vassal or serf; a slave. [Obs. or Archaic]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bond \Bond\, adjective In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.
By one Spirit are we all baptized . . . whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free. --1 Cor. xii. 13.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bond
adjective: held in slavery; "born of enslaved parents" [syn: {enslaved}, {enthralled}, {in bondage}]
noun
1: an electrical force linking atoms [syn: {chemical bond}]
2: 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 [syn: {bond certificate}]
3: 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" [syn: {alliance}]
4: (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" [syn: {bail}, {bail bond}]
5: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn: {shackle}, {hamper}, {trammel}, {trammels}]
6: a connection that fastens things together [syn: {attachment}]
7: a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents [syn: {bond paper}]
8: 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) [syn: {Julian Bond}]
9: British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming [syn: {James Bond}]
10: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition [syn: {adhesiveness}, {adhesion}, {adherence}]
verb
1: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: {adhere}, {hold fast}, {bind}, {stick}, {stick to}]
2: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" [syn: {bind}, {tie}, {attach}]
3: issue bonds on
4: bring together in a common cause or emotion; "The death of their child had drawn them together" [syn: {bring together}, {draw together}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
458 Moby Thesaurus words for "bond": Fannie Mae, Federal Agency bond, Ginnie Mae, Oregon boat, Series E bond, Series H bond, accident insurance, accord, accouple, accumulate, actuary, addition, adherence, adhesion, adhesive, adjunct, adjustment bond, affairs, affiliation, affinity, affixation, agglomeration, agglutinate, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, allegiance, alliance, amass, annexation, annuity, annuity bond, appreciation bond, approximation, arrangement, articulate, articulation, assemblage, assemble, assented bond, associate, association, assumed bond, assurance, assure, attachment, attest, aviation insurance, baby bond, back, bail, bail bond, band, bargain, be sponsor for, bearer bond, bearer certificate, bilbo, bind, binding, binding agreement, bona fides, bond anticipation note, bonds, bonne foi, bottomry, bracket, bracketing, bridge, bridge over, bridle, business life insurance, callable bond, camisole, cartel, casualty insurance, cement, certificate of insurance, certify, chain, chains, checks, clap together, clasping, cling, clinging, closeness, clustering, cohere, coherence, cohesion, collar, collateral trust bond, collect, collective agreement, combination, combine, communication, compact, comprise, concatenate, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confirm, confluence, congeries, conglobulate, conglomeration, conjoin, conjugate, conjugation, conjunction, connect, connectedness, connection, connective, consolidated annuities, consolidated stock, consols, consortium, constancy, constraints, contiguity, contract, contract by deed, contract of record, contract quasi, contrariety, controls, convention, convergence, convertible bond, convertible debenture, copulate, copulation, cords, corporate bond, corporation stock, countersecure, couple, coupling, coupon bond, coupon rate, court bond, covenant, covenant of indemnity, covenant of salt, cover, credit insurance, credit life insurance, cuffs, current income bond, current yield, deal, dealings, debenture, debenture bond, deductible, deduction, deed, deed of trust, deed poll, deep-discount bond, defense bond, deferred bond, definitive bond, deposit, devotedness, devotion, dicker, discount bond, disjunction, earnest, earnest money, embrace, employment contract, encompass, endorse, endowment insurance, engagement, ensure, equipment bond, equipment note, equipment trust, equipment trust bond, equipment trust certificate, escrow, extended bond, faith, faithfulness, family maintenance policy, fastener, fastening, fealty, fetter, fetters, fidelity, fidelity bond, fidelity insurance, filiation, firmness, first mortgage bond, firsts, flood insurance, formal agreement, formal contract, fraternal insurance, gag, gage, gather, gathering, general mortgage bond, general obligation bond, girding, glue, go bail, good faith, government bond, government insurance, group policy, guarantee, guaranteed bond, guaranty, gyves, halter, hamper, handcuffs, handsel, health insurance, high-grade bond, hobbles, hock, hold together, homage, homology, hooking, hookup, hopples, hostage, hypothecate, impignorate, implied contract, include, income bond, indemnity, indent, indenture, industrial life insurance, insurance, insurance agent, insurance broker, insurance company, insurance man, insurance policy, insure, interchangeable bond, intercommunication, intercourse, interim bond, interinsurance, interlinking, interrelationship, intimacy, ironclad agreement, irons, join, joinder, joining, joint bond, jointure, junction, knot, knotting, lashing, lay together, leading strings, league, leash, legal agreement, legal contract, liability insurance, liaison, license bond, ligament, ligation, ligature, limited payment insurance, link, linkage, linking, loyalty, lump together, mainprise, major medical insurance, malpractice insurance, manacle, marine insurance, marriage, marry, marshal, mass, meeting, merge, merger, merging, mobilize, mortgage, mortgage bond, mortgage deed, municipal bond, mutual agreement, mutual attraction, mutual company, muzzle, nearness, negotiable bond, nexus, nominal rate, nonnegotiable bond, ocean marine insurance, optional bond, pact, paction, pair, pairing, par bond, parol contract, participating bond, pawn, permit bond, perpetual bond, piece together, pignus, pillory, pledge, policy, post, premium bond, promise, promissory note, propinquity, protocol, proximity, purchase money bond, put in hock, put in pawn, put together, put up, rapport, recognizance, refunding bond, registered bond, registered certificate, reins, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, replevin, replevy, restraint, restraints, revenue bond, robbery insurance, roll into one, ropes, savings bond, second mortgage bond, seconds, secure, secured bond, security, shackle, shackles, sign, sign for, similarity, small bond, social security, solder, span, special contract, specialty, specialty contract, splice, sponsor, spout, stake, stand behind, stand up for, state bond, staunchness, steadfastness, stick, stick together, sticking, stipulation, stock company, stocks, stocks and bonds, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, subscribe to, surety, symbiosis, sympathy, take in, tape, tax anticipation note, tax-free bond, term insurance, tether, theft insurance, tie, tie-in, tie-up, tieing, ties, title deed, token payment, trammel, trammels, transaction, treasury bond, treaty, troth, true blue, trueness, trust indenture, trustee mortgage bond, undersign, understanding, undertaking, underwrite, underwriter, unification, unify, union, union contract, unite, unsecured bond, vadimonium, vadium, valid contract, vinculum, voting bond, wage contract, war bond, warrant, warranty, weld, yield to maturity, yoke, yoking, zipping
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bond, CO Zip code(s): 80423
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Bond -- U.S. County in Illinois Population (2000): 17633 Housing Units (2000): 6690 Land area (2000): 380.202665 sq. miles (984.720341 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.463557 sq. miles (6.380583 sq. km) Total area (2000): 382.666222 sq. miles (991.100924 sq. km) Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 38.882098 N, 89.434850 W Headwords: Bond Bond, IL Bond County Bond County, IL
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bond an obligation of any kind (Num. 30:2, 4, 12). The word means also oppression or affliction (Ps. 116:16; Phil. 1:7). Christian love is the "bond of perfectness" (Col. 3:14), and the influences of the Spirit are the "bond of peace" (Eph. 4:3).
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