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bond

English

🔊 British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
🔊 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)
🔊 a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money
🔊 a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper
🔊 a connection that fastens things together
🔊 a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
🔊 an electrical force linking atoms
🔊 a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
“the shifting alliances within a large family”
🔊 (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”
🔊 the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
“the mutual adhesiveness of cells”
🔊 bring together in a common cause or emotion
“The death of their child had drawn them together”
🔊 issue bonds on
🔊 stick to firmly
“Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”
🔊 create social or emotional ties
“The grandparents want to bond with the child”